The Ballad of Ruby

Ruby can't talk to your face

Cause the moment he does he begins to shudder

Ruby, he feels out of place

Says he thinks that it stems from his dad and mother

But Ruby can talk to the man on the moon

Says the man on the moon, he listens

That's more than he can say that his dad ever did

Though he never meant no harm, right on

Ruby ain't got no money in the pocket of his pants

Held together with scotch tape

And Ruby cuts his funky hair by himself

Modeled after pictures of his guitar hero, Jimmy Page

Ruby got plans 'bout movin' to the city

Movin' out of his broken down trailer

Livin' at a place where he don't stick out

And where Ruby can do no wrong,

I said... Right on, Ruby kid

What ya gonna do just to make it all better

Well, whatever it is, you got to do what you please

Who ya gonna look to to get yourself together

So ends the story of Ruby, kid

Ruby can't make up his mind

He's been waitin' on a line 'bout his sexual preference

His girlfriend, she couldn't care less

And the boys... well, the boys will be boys

But Ruby can stare at the clouds and pretend

It's alright and forget his sorrow

And Ruby can sleep good tonight

'Cause he knows that there'll

Always be tomorrow,

I say... Right on, Ruby kid