(mel tillis)
you´ve painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
ruby are you contemplating 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
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.

its hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralysed
and the wants and the needs of a woman your age, ruby i realize,
but it won´t be long i´ve heard them say until i not around
oh ruby
don´t take your love to town

she´s leavin´ now ´cause i heard the slammin´ iof 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 dont take your love to town
oh ruby for god´s sake turn around