[The First Edition cover]
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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 chore,
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And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be,
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Oh Ruby, I still need some company.
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It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed,
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And the wants and needs of a woman your age really 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 leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door,
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The way I know I heard its slams 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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Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.
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Oh Ruby, for God's sake, turn around
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
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The Killers |