Written by Mel Tillis
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(As performed by George Jones)
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You've painted up your lips an 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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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 chore
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And it's true I'm not the man, Ruby, that I used to be
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Ruby, I still need some company
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It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralysed
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And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize
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But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
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Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town
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She's leavin' now 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door
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The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
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And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
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Ruby, don't take your love to town
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For God's sake turn around
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Don't take your love to town
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
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| George Jones |
