Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town-Lester Flatt

[ti:Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town] [ar:Flatt & Scruggs] [al:A Boy Named Sue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Lester Flatt [00:08.82]You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair [00:13.20] [00:17.70]Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere [00:22.42] [00:25.98]The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down [00:31.18] [00:33.29]Ruby don't take your love to town [00:42.64] [00:46.85]It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war [00:51.12] [00:55.41]But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores [01:00.74] [01:04.16]Yes it's true I'm not the man I used to be [01:09.57] [01:11.22]But Ruby I still need your company [01:20.76] [01:59.61]It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized [02:04.70] [02:08.22]And the wants and the needs of a woman your age [02:10.76]Ruby I realize [02:13.25] [02:16.54]But it won't be long [02:17.73]I've heard them say until I'm not around [02:21.06] [02:24.26]Ruby don't take your love to town [02:33.03] [02:37.20]She's leaving now [02:38.10]Cause I've just heard the slamming of the door [02:41.22] [02:45.62]The way I know I've heard it slam [02:47.99]One hundred times before [02:50.14] [02:54.11]And if I could move [02:55.36]I get my gun and put her in the ground [02:59.48] [03:01.60]Ruby don't take your love to town [03:10.05] [03:11.82]Oh Ruby [03:14.61] [03:19.02]For God sakes turn around