Ruby

you painted up your lips
and rolled and curled your tinted hair
ruby are you contemplating
going out somewhere
the shadow on the wall tells me the sun ist going downoh ruby, don't take your love to townit wasn't me who started
that old crazy asian war
but I was proud to go
and do my patriotic chore
and ... yes it's true, that I'm not the man I used to beoh ruby, I still need some companyit's hard to love a man whose legs
are bent and paralyzed
and the wants and the needs
of a woman your age ... ruby I realize
but it won't be long
I've heard them say until I'm not aroundoh ruby, don't take your love to townshe's leaving now
'cause I just heard the slamming of the door
the way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
and if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the groundoh ruby, don't take your love to town
oh ruby, for god's sake ... turn around