RUBY SEES THE CEILING MORE THAN SHE'S EVER SEEN THE FLOOR

HER  FLIGHTS OF FANCY DID HER IN AND HER MAN WALKED OUT THE DOOR

ALL HER MEMORIES SHE SAVES

SHE COUNTS THOSE PRECIOUS DAYS LIKE RUBIES




PICNICS IN THE SUMMER WITH HER FIRST LOVE TOMMY LEE

HE TAUGHT HER ALL THERE WAS TO KNOW 

WHEN THEY WENT BEHIND THAT TREE

AS SHE LIES UPON THE BED

HER LIPS ARE STILL AS RED AS RUBIES




THE GIRLS THOUGHT SHE WAS BRAZEN

THE BOYS SAID SHE WAS STACKED

THE ENVY OF HER HIGH SCHOOL

THE PRETTIEST IN FACT

TIL THE ACTRESS IN THE LUNCHROOM DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS AT




SLAMMIN' DOWN THE COFFEE LIKE SHE'S ON SOME TEN DAY RUN

THE KIDS ARE GROWN AND MARRIED AND SH'S HOME ALL ALONE

ALL THE PICTURES ON THE WALL

SHE CAN'T SEEM TO RECALL

RUBIES




THE DAUGHTER OF A PREACHER AND HER MOTHER'S SOUTHERN AIRS

SHE NEVER READ THE BIBLE 'CAUSE SHE NEVER HAD A PRAYER

HOLDING ON TO HER OWN HEAD

WAS A FULL TIME JOB RIGHT THERE




NO ONE COMES TO SEE HER

NO ONE EVER CALLS

SHE KEEPS ON HEARING VOICES ECHO DOWN THE HALL

ALL HER DREAMS LIKE SHATTERED GLASS

NEVER MEANT TO LAST

RUBIES