Songwriter: Mel Tillis
Producer: Jimmy Bowen
[Verse 1]
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 goin' down
[Refrain 1]
Oh, Ruby
Don't take your love to town
[Verse 2]
It wasn't me that 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
[Refrain 2]
Oh, Ruby
I still need some company
[Verse 3]
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
And the wants and the needs of a woman of your age
Ruby, I realize
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around
[Refrain 1]
Oh, Ruby
Don't take your love to town
[Verse 3]
She's leavin' now 'cause I just heard the slammin' of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam 100 times before
And if I could move, I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
[Refrain 1]
Oh, Ruby
Don't take your love to town
[Refrain 3]
Oh, Ruby
For God sake's, turn around
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 goin' down
[Refrain 1]
Oh, Ruby
Don't take your love to town
[Verse 2]
It wasn't me that 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
[Refrain 2]
Oh, Ruby
I still need some company
[Verse 3]
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
And the wants and the needs of a woman of your age
Ruby, I realize
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around
[Refrain 1]
Oh, Ruby
Don't take your love to town
[Verse 3]
She's leavin' now 'cause I just heard the slammin' of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam 100 times before
And if I could move, I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
[Refrain 1]
Oh, Ruby
Don't take your love to town
[Refrain 3]
Oh, Ruby
For God sake's, turn around
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Greatest Hits (1980)
- Calico Silver (2002)
Kenny Rogers popular songs
- The Gambler
- Islands in the Stream
- Coward of the County
- Lady
- Through the Years
- Lucille
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
- She Believes In Me
- Daytime Friends
- We’ve Got Tonight
- You Decorated My Life
- Children, Go Where I Send Thee
- You and I
- Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town
- Goodbye
- The Greatest
- What a Wonderful Beginning
- They Just Don’t Make ’em Like You Anymore
- Kentucky Homemade Christmas
- Homeland
- To Me
- Puttin’ In Overtime at Home
- I Don’t Need You
- I Remember You