Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town Lyrics - Flatt And Scruggs

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 

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 chores 

Yes it's true I'm not the man I used to be but Ruby I still need your company 

[ banjo - dobro ] 

It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized 

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 around 

Ruby don't take your love to town 

She's leaving now cause I've 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 get my gun and put her in the ground 

Ruby don't take your love to town 

Oh Ruby don't take your love to town for God sakes turn around