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 that started that 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   That my wants and needs of a woman of your age   Ruby, I realized   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, some 100 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