You have 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 goin' down
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Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.
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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 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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For 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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Oh, 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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And she's leaving now 'cause I've 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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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, don't take your love to town...
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
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| Bobby Bare |
