You have painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hairRuby are you contemplating going out somewhereThe shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going downOh RubyDon't take your love to townFor it wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian warBut I was proud to go and do my patriotic choreAnd I know Ruby that I'm not the man I used to beBut RubyI still need your companyIt's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzedAnd the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realizeBut it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not aroundOh RubyDon't take your love to townShe's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the doorThe way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times beforeAnd if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the groundOh RubyDon't take your love to townRubyRubyRubyDon't take your love to townDon't take your love to town