Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town Lyrics - The Statler Brothers

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair 

Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere 

The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down 

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town 

For it wasn't me that started that old crazy asian war 

But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores 

And I know Ruby that I'm not the man I used to be 

But Ruby, I still need your company 

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

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 

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town 

She's leavin' now for I just heard the slamming of the door 

The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before 

If I could move I get my gun and put her in the ground 

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town 

Don't take your love to town for my sake turn around