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Mon Feb-28-05 05:55 PM
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You’ve painted up your lips |
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...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 Iraq 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 paralysed 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 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 Some 100 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
"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," by Mel Tellis. Slightly updated for the present moment. Man, I wish some current C&W artist would cover this again...
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Mon Feb-28-05 08:18 PM
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1. can I get a shout out for the Roger Miller version, at least? |
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Mon Feb-28-05 08:20 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 08:38 PM
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3. well, one version was Kenny Rogers |
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you've just blown past a couple others that were concurrent with his original late-60's cover of the tune....
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Mon Feb-28-05 08:55 PM
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4. Well, it's the only version I remember |
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or that got played much on WJJD radio in Chicago.
Personally, I like the version by Cake.
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Mon Feb-28-05 08:59 PM
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5. Cake? Didn't realize they did it, too... |
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Now I'm gonna hafta hear that version...
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Mon Feb-28-05 09:06 PM
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I think it was on a bonus CD that came with mail ordering their last CD.
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Mon Feb-28-05 09:22 PM
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Mon Feb-28-05 09:31 PM
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9. Possibly. I have it on CD |
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but it's in my wife's car, I think.
I ordered their last CD off their website and got the 4 song bonus CD. Have you tried their website?
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Mon Feb-28-05 09:48 PM
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...might give it a try, but would like to preview the thing online first... Maybe it's off to Amazon or one o' those websites now...
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Mon Feb-28-05 09:22 PM
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8. Yikes! That's a creepy song! |
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About two thoroughly unlikeable characters, too.
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Mon Feb-28-05 09:47 PM
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10. well, yes, and also about the rack and ruin |
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...of war, and how the consequences play out when the evening news is done for the night...
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Tue Mar-01-05 05:32 PM
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...as evening rolls around...
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