You 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 ist going down
  
   Oh 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 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
   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 leaving now
   ´cause I 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´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