In Nineteen and Double-AughtA harlot who was hot to trotGave a fine little bijoux to the worldWith a blacksmith for a makeshift docIn a cat house far from CamelotHer goldmine brought to bear a baby girlWhen the child screamed from life's first slapThe boss said, Kid, get used to thatYou'll never meet a day that isn't cruelAnd she wrapped her babe in a petticoatGrabbed a bottle and made a toastHere's to my gorgeous bastard, Ruby JewelAnd the man at the piano played a tuneAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloonExcept Ruby (Ruby)No, not Ruby (Ruby)Ruby JewelReared among the guttersnipeWhile her mama puffed a Chinese pipeThe salad days for Ruby didn't lastForced to work and pay her duesInside that poor man's Moulin RougeA snot-nosed kid had to grow up fastNight and day she toiled and sweatWhile brothel patrons placed their betsOn who would be the first to break her inThen one night the madam screamsRuby, get to room thirteenThere's someone there who thinks you're quite a gemAnd the man at the piano played a tuneAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloonExcept Ruby (Ruby)No, not Ruby (Ruby)Ruby JewelIn done-up hair and a borrowed dressShe climbed the stairs scared to deathSaid a prayer and tiptoed through the doorBut on deaf ears her prayer fell'Cause through a tear she stared at hellStanding there in nothing but his drawersShe recognized the whiskered chinBloodshot eyes and foul-mouthed grinHe was the man who wore the silver starShe tried to turn around and runBut he pulled out his big six gunAnd said, Hon, you won't get very farAnd the man at the piano played a tuneAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloonExcept Ruby (Ruby)No, not Ruby (Ruby)Ruby JewelRuby Jewel woke up in bedA crimson pool between her legsNaked as the day she was bornBut lying there next to himMade her wish she hadn't beenIf this was all that living had in storeMaking sure he was asleepShe quietly got to her feetFound his gun and aimed it between his eyesShe kept it there til he came toSo he could stare down the barrel tooPulled the trigger once and watched him dieAnd the man at the piano played a tuneAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloonExcept Ruby (Ruby)No, not Ruby (Ruby)Ruby JewelOn a rainy night in nineteen twelveLocked inside the town's new jailRuby carved a message in the stoneWhen morning came, hacks lead her outIn ankle chains right through the crowdWho waited in the mud to watch the showThey walked her up the gallows stepsPut the rope around her neckDropped the trap as all the watchers cheeredBut on the wall of a cellIn a tiny scrawl and misspelledWere the words, 'Ruby Jewel was here'And the man at the piano played a tuneAnd everybody sang and danced in the saloonExcept Ruby (Ruby)No, not Ruby (Ruby)Ruby Jewel
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