and rolled and curled your tinted hair
ruby are you contemplating
going out somewhere
the shadow on the wall tells me the sun ist going down
oh ruby, don´t take your love to town
it wasn´t me who 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 paralyzed
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´m not around
oh ruby, don´t take your love to town
she´s leaving 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
