You've

pain-

ted

up

your

lips

and

rolled

and

curled

your

tin-

ted

hair

Ru-

by,

are

you

con-

tem-

pla-

ting

go-

ing

out

some-

where?

The

sha-

dow

on

the

wall

tells

me

the

sun

is

go-

ing

down

Oh,

Ru-

by,

Don't

take

your

love

to

town

It

was-

n't

me

that

star-

ted

that

old

cra-

zy

A-

sian

war

But

I

was

proud

to

go

and

do

my

pat-

ri-

ot-

ic

chore

And

yes,

it's

true

that

I'm

not

the

man

I

used

to

be

Oh,

Ru-

by,

I

still

need

some

com-

pa-

ny

It's

hard

to

love

a

man

whose

legs

are

bent

and

pa-

ra-

lyzed

And

the

wants

and

the

needs

of

a

wo-

man

your

age,

Ru-

by,

I

re-

a-

lize

But

it

won't

be

long

I've

heard

them

say

un-

til

I'm

not

a-

round

Oh,

Ru-

by,

Don't

take

your

love

to

town

She's

lea-

ving

now

'cause

I

just

heard

the

slam-

ming

of

the

door

The

way

I

know

I've

heard

it

slam

one

hun-

dred

times

be-

fore

And

if

I

could

move

I'd

get

my

gun

and

put

her

in

the

ground

Oh,

Ru-

by,

Don't

take

your

love

to

town

Oh,

Ru-

by,

for

God's

sakes

turn

a-

round