RUBY (Kenny Rodgers)
 
  
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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 shadow on the wall tells 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 who started that old crazy Asian war,
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But I was proud to go and do my patriotic choir.
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And yes, it's true that I am not the man I used to be.
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Oh, Ruby,            I just 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 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.



She's leaving now, 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door;

the way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before.
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If I could walk, I'd get my gun and put her in the ground.
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Oh, Ruby,           for Gods sake, turn around.