RUBY IN PARADISE
Words and Music by Bill Dobbins
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Ruby you have never had a place to call your own.
The places you have lived in have been someone else’s home.
But lots of country girls have had to leave a place behind
And hit the road to see what they can find.
The folks back home in Tennessee will wonder where you are.
Good riddance to her, they will say, I bet she don’t get far.
But that two-lane blacktop highway is a-calling out your name.
And things will never be the same.
Oh, Ruby, Ruby…
Oh Ruby, I wish that you would love me.
I’d shoulder all your problems, drive your worries away.
Oh Ruby, you’d never more be lonely.
I’d hold you in my arms throughout the night and the day.
M’am, my name is Ruby and I’ll work real hard for you.
I’ll pull my weight, I’ll shift my load, I’ll do the work
of two.
I need four more tires for my car, a way to pay the rent.
No sooner make it than it’s spent.
And maybe here I’ll find a place where I can feel at home.
A place to stay, a place with friends, where I won’t be alone.
Earning my own living is a way I can be free,
And that is paradise for me.
Oh, Ruby, Ruby…
Oh Ruby, I wish that you would love me.
I’d shoulder all your problems, drive your worries away.
Oh Ruby, you’d never more be lonely.
I’d hold you in my arms throughout the night and the day.