Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

Kenny Rogers

1. You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
   Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
   The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down 
   Oh Ruby
   Don't Take your love to town
   
2. It`s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralysed
   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 not around
   Oh Ruby
   Don't Take your love to town
   
R: It wasn't me that 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 be
   Oh Ruby
   I still need some company.
   
4. She's leavin' now 'cause I heard the slammin' 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 ground
   Oh Ruby
   For god's sake turn around!