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You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair |
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Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere |
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The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down |
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Oh, Ruby don't take your love to town. |
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It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war |
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But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores |
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I know Ruby, that I'm not the man I used to be |
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But Ruby, I still need your company. |
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It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized |
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And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize |
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But I've heard them say it won't be long until I'm not around |
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Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town. |
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She's leaving now for I just heard the slammin' of the door |
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The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before |
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If I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground |
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Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town... |
