Ruby Dean Songtext
von Bobby Womack

Mother, mother, mother, mother, mother, mother
You underestimated your child
The color was only three
I still had eyes, oh how I could see
I couldn′t respect you mama
That's why I called you
I called you by your first name
I said Ruby, Ruby Dee
Don′t take your love to town
Oh, oh, oh, Ruby Dee
No, no, don't take your love to town
Don't do it now
′Cause I can′t stand to hear the screen door slam
I know you're leavin′ me
Why can't you let it be, Ruby Dee?
It′s everything to me
You're just too blind to see
Through you, Ruby Dee
Please stop doin′ my dad this way
Yeah, don't take your love to town


Ruby, don't take your love to town, yeah
He breathes you and me
Far as I can see
Let my dad go free
I don′t mind you doin′ it to me
Ruby Dee's been good to me
Why don′t you let him be?
Please Ruby Dee
Oh Ruby Dee
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Dee
You can't take your love to town
Ruby Dee
Don′t take your love to town
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
Don't take your love to town
Why don′t you spend a little more time around your home?
I can look into my dad's eyes
I can see that he's tired of being alone
Ruby, Ruby Dee
Ruby, Ruby Dee
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh