Oh no - you people are making me think about some of the horrors I had almost forgotten! This one gives me the shudders - my ex-husband used to sing it AT me...


RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
Words and music by Mel Tillis
As recorded by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition on "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1969)

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.
Oh, Ruby, don't take your love to town.

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.
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.