You've 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 is going down    Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town       It 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 be    Oh Ruby, I still need some company       It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed    And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize    But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around    Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town       And she'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 ground    Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town       Oh Ruby, for God's sake, turn around    Turn around    (Get back in here! You're not single anymore! Where the fuck do you think you're going?!?)