Behind the Song Kenny Rogers, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" American Songwriter

Kenny RogersRuby, Don't Take Your Love to Tow " Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town " is a song written by Mel Tillis about a paralyzed veteran who lies helplessly as his wife "paints [herself] up" to go out for the evening without him; he believes she is going in search of a lover.

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see also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rNnOilvx_c&list=UUKIVtS5_yXsJcO9hYf-9rdw&index=0&feature=plcp Kenny Rogers recorded the definitive version with his band The First Edition in 1969, taking it to #2 in the UK and to #6 on both the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. Tillis changed the war in the song to the Korean War, and left out the life ending: the man killed her in a murder-suicide. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (album) Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town is the fourth album by American rock band The First Edition. This was the first album to credit the group as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition. The title song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States (and was a success mirrored world-wide). Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town Lyrics [Verse 1] You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere? The shadow on the wall.

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Recorded in 1969 by rising pop star Kenny Rogers, whose name had just been recently put out front on the marquee with "Kenny Rogers and The First Edition," "Ruby" was a song about a. 11K Share 1.6M views 12 years ago March 2nd, 1972..more.more Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In) Kenny Rogers 529K views 4 years ago Mix - Kenny Rogers & The. The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down, Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town. It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian 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 paralyzed, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby "Don't Take Your Love To Town" "Super Hit", year: 1969

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{Intro} You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere? The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down Oh Ruby, don't take. Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, until 1970 billed as The First Edition, were an American rock band.. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" 39 6 6 2 4 1 6 2 9 "Reuben James" 46 26 — 12 9 39 9 — 10 1970 "Something's Burning" — Kenny Rogers recorded the definitive version with his band The First Edition in 1969, taking it to #2 in the UK and to #6 on both the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. A lot of controversy surrounded this song when it became a hit for Kenny Rogers in 1969, as the Vietnam War was raging and the song was often assumed to be about a man who. Kenny Rogers Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Tow

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Ruby (Mel Tillis) You've painted up your lips an 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 Its 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, 0:00 / 3:01 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Kenny Rogers 953K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 3.8K 218K views 4 years ago Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Ruby, Don't.