Deana Carter - Ruby Brown Lyrics
(by matraca berg & tim krekel)She danced in the dirty streetsSatin shoes tied to her feetPeople round here said she was a sightEvery night when the sun went downShed curtsy and take a bowTo the man in the moon and the dim street lightsWe held in high regardThe rose in the mission yardSinging, buffalo gals wont you come out tonightAnd her name was ruby brownAnd she came through shanty townLike a queen without a crownAnd her name was ruby brownLong about ten years agoShe disappeared, why no one knowsBut some say she was running for her lifecause a mean looking man in a limousineCame down from new orleansHe said he came here looking for his wifeAnd her name was ruby brownAnd she came through shanty townLike a queen without a crownAnd her name was ruby brownSome say he beat her badtill she just went plain madBut I say she went where he could never goAnd her name was ruby brownAnd she came through shanty townLike a queen without a crownAnd her name was ruby brown
