You've painted up your lips and roll and curl your ten and hair
Ruby are you complaining going out somewhere?
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down
Oh Ruby
Don't take your love to town
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
I'm too proud to go and do my patriotic show
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 battered and paralyzed
I'm the one turning into a woman your age,
Ruby I realize
Don't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around now
Oh Ruby
Don't take your love to town
She's sleeping now beside your turf,
slamming off the door
The way I know I heard it slammed one hundred times before
And if I could move I'd take my gun and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby
Don't take your love to town
For
God's sakes, turn around