BOB'S MUSIC PLAYER

RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN

By: Kenny Rogers & the First Edition

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 going down.

Oh, Ruby
don't take your love to town.

It wasn't me who started
that started 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 use to be.

Oh, Ruby,
I still need some company.

It's hard to love a man
who's legs are bent and paralized.
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 slamming 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's sake turn around.