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Thread #79207   Message #1433171
Posted By: Dave'sWife
12-Mar-05 - 02:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ruby Jean and Billie Lee (Seals & Crofts)
Subject: Lyr Req: Ruby Jean & Billy Lee
I've searched the net for this one on the net and the Mudcat and can find nothing. Not even a discussion thread! I believe this is a Seals & Croft song although a friend of mine swears she heard a version done by Cher (EEEK!) . It's from the mid-70s and is a vaguely Utopian love song.

here's all I have

Oh Ruby Jean
Last night I dreamed
I was running somehwere beyond the stars
I called out to you
You answered softly....something something...

Oh Ruby Jean
It doesn't seem
like a long long time
since we were born again
into the dazzling light
Uniting Black & White...something..something..

Then a chorus
Then the other guy starts in with:

Oh Billie Lee....
etc.etc

I am making a Family songbook for a reunion and this was one my cousins used to love when we were kids. It has a nice melody for the verses. It's a tad New Agey but well intentioned. All about how the guys and the 2 women named are gonna build a new world together without war or prejudice and raise their kids to grow up to love.
Thanks!