You've painted up your lips
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And rolled and curled your tinted hair
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Ruby are you contemplating
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Going out somewhere
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The shadow on the wall
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Tells me the sun is going down
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Oh Ruby
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Don't take your love to town
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It wasn't me
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That started that crazy Asian war
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But I was proud to go
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And do my patriotic chore
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And yes, it's true that
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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
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Whose legs are bent and paralyzed
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That my wants and needs of a woman of your age
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Ruby, I realized
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Oh Ruby
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Don't take your love to town
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She's leaving now cause
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I just heard the slamming of the door
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The way I know I've heard it
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Some 100 times before
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And if I could move I'd get my gun
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And put her in the ground
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Oh Ruby
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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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| Kenny Rogers |
