Oh sweet Ruby girl   Put your arms ‘round my neck and ring like a bell   Meet me Rosita, kiss me Carika   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again, hey      Now look at those two just dancing there   The ordeal over in the old town square   This crisp white shirt won’t sweep up the dirt   And nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again      Oh sweet Ruby girl   Put your arms ‘round my neck and ring like a bell   Meet me Rosita, kiss me Carika   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again, hey      Yeh, now listen to that song he’s a-tryin’ to shout   With the Cuban heel boots and his ass hangin’ out   A sound so ancient, so meat and potatoes, yeh   But nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again      Oh sweet Ruby girl   Mama’s kisses taste like caramel   Meet me Rosita, kiss me Carika   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again      Oh, nobody understands a word we’re sayin’   If there’s somethin’ crumblin’ like a fruitcake, sugar   Then keep drinkin’ it, get the interpretatin’      If the poem’s all sore you get that, learn to play guitar   Quit that phrasing and parading and get that ass outta the bar   But learn how to swing and get their hands off their things   Yeh nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again      No bottle of wine just don’t hit me the same   Unless it softens the frame around, oh, that face   I learn how to swing and get my hands off my things, yeh   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again, sugar   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again   Nuthin’s ever gonna be, hey, hey      Oh sweet Ruby girl   Mama’s kisses taste like caramel   Meet me Rosita, my precious Carika   Nuthin’s ever gonna, hey, hey, hey      Oh sweet Ruby girl   Put your arms ‘round my neck and ring like a bell   Now my stomach’s tight, and I’m as thirsty as hell   But nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again   Nuthin’s ever gonna be the same again