YOU'VE PAINTED UP YOUR LIPS
AND ROLLED AND CURLED
YOUR TINTED HAIR
RUBY, ARE YOU
CONTEMPLATING
GOING OUT SOMEWHERE
THE SHADOW ON THE WALL
TELLS ME THE SUN
IS GOIN' DOWN
OH RUBY...
DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
IT WASN'T ME THAT STARTED
THAT OLD CRAZY ASIAN WAR
BUT I WAS PROUD TO GO
AND DO MY PATRIOTIC CHORE
AND YES, IT'S TRUE THAT
I'M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE
OH RUBY...
I STILL NEED SOME COMPANY
IT'S HARD TO LOVE A MAN
WHOSE LEGS ARE BENT
AND PARALYSED
AND THE WANTS AND THE
NEEDS OF A WOMAN YOUR AGE
RUBY, I REALISE
BUT IT WON'T BE LONG
I'VE HEARD THEM SAY
UNTIL I'M NOT AROUND
OH RUBY...
DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
SHE'S LEAVIN' NOW
'CAUSE I JUST HEARD THE
SLAMMIN' OF THE DOOR
THE WAY I KNOW
I'VE HEARD IT SLAM
ONE HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE
AND IF I COULD MOVE
I'D GET MY GUN AND
PUT HER IN THE GROUND
OH RUBY...
DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
OH RUBY...
FOR GOD SAKES TURN AROUND