You've painted up your lips

"Ruby, don't take your love to town"

You've painted up your lips
And rolled and curled your tinted hair,
Ruby are you contemplating
Going out somewhere?
The shadows on the wall tell 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.

It's hard to love
A man whose legs
Are bent and paralyzed,
And the wants and needs
Of a woman your age
Really 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 heard its slams
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

M. Tillis

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