Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

<p>You&#x27;ve painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair<br/>Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere<br/>The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down<br/>Oh Ruby don&#x27;t take your love to town<br/>For it wasn&#x27;t me that started that old crazy Asian war<br/>But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores<br/>And I know Ruby that I&#x27;m not the man I used to be<br/>But Ruby I still need your company<br/>( harmonica )<br/>It&#x27;s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized<br/>And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize<br/>But it won&#x27;t be long I&#x27;ve heard them say until I&#x27;m not around<br/>Oh Ruby don&#x27;t take your love to town<br/>She&#x27;s leavin&#x27; now for I just heard the slamming of the door<br/>The way I know I&#x27;ve heard it slam one hundred times before<br/>If I could move I get my gun and put her in the ground<br/>Oh Ruby don&#x27;t take your love to town<br/>Don&#x27;t take your love to town for my sake turn around