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You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair, 你画你的嘴唇，热轧和卷曲的头发着色，

Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere? 红宝石是你考虑走出去的地方？

The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down, 墙上的影子告诉我，太阳正在下降，

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town. 哦红宝石，不要把你的爱小镇。

   

It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war, 这不是我开始老疯子亚洲的战争，

But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore, 但我很自豪地去做我的爱国苦差事，

And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be, 是的，这是真的，我不是我曾经是男人，

Oh Ruby, I still need some company. 红宝石哦，我还需要一些公司。

   

It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed, 很难爱上一个人，他的腿弯曲，瘫痪，

And the wants and needs of a woman your age really I realize, 和一个女人的年龄真的我认识的需要和需求，

But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around, 但它不会很长，我听见他们说，直到我不在你身边，

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town. 哦红宝石，不要把你的爱小镇。

   

She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door, 她现在离开，因为我刚才听到门砰击，

The way I know I heard its slams one hundred times before, 我认识路，我听到了大满贯前的一百倍，

And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground, 如果我可以移动我会得到我的枪，把她在地上，

Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town. 哦红宝石，不要把你的爱小镇。

   

Oh Ruby, for God's sake, turn around 哦红宝石，偏偏，转身