Ruby Could Sing

Intro 

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In the Tonopah club in Tonopah valley, 
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Nineteen fifty eight 
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Slot machines were rattlin, cigarette smoke 
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Everybodys a feelin great 
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  Through the vinyl and the velvet, 
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There's a neon american dream 
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Ole Roy played piano, and Ruby would sing 
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My god how Ruby could sing 

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  Three AM in the cocktail lounge, 
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  The music rings out clear 
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Been everywhere from Mexcali to Nome 
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and somehow wound up here 
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  The middle of that a boom town 
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That just about run outta steam 
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Ole Roy played piano, and Ruby would sing 
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My god how Ruby could sing 




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  And she'd sing: 
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Please don't talk about me boys - when I'm gone 
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And some of these days you're gonna be so lonely, yes you are 
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Bill Bailey, you rascal won't you please come home 
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  And who's sorry now and a Ruby would sing 
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My god how Ruby could sing 


Instrumental 

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She growled just like an old flathead Ford 
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  Her pipes were deep and rich 
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She would sing while the Buicks and the Pontiacs 
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Rolled up ole highway 6 
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Just put a dollar in the kitty boys 
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You can ask 'em for anything 
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Ole Roy was born to pound that piano 
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And he'd smile and Ruby would sing 



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  And she'd sing: 
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Sit Right Down I'm Gonna Write Myself A Letter 
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Ole Man River and a Quarter To Nine, yes she would 
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It would knock ya right back on your tuck and roll 
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When Ruby sang that old Ace In The Hole yes Ruby would sing 
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My god how Ruby could sing 


Instrumental 

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Well the mines are shut down 
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The old brick casino stands empty in the wind 
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Out on highway 6 them old tailfin cadillacs 
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  Ain't never coming back again 
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  If you listen close, you can hear the echo 
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Of the music true that love can bring 
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When Roy played the piano and Ruby would sing 
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My god how Ruby could sing 



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  And she'd sing: 
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Please don't talk about me boys - when I'm gone 
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And some of these days you're gonna be so lonely, yes you are, I wanna tell you 
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It would knock ya right back on your tuck and roll 
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When Ruby sang that old Ace In The Hole 
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And Ruby would sing, my god how Ruby would sing 
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Yes Ruby would sing, my god how Ruby could sing 

End 

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