In Nineteen and A harlot who was hot to Gave a fine bijoux to the world With a for a makeshift doc In a cat house far Camelot Her goldmine brought to bear a baby
the child screamed from life's first slap The boss said, "Kid, get to that You'll never meet a day that cruel" And she wrapped her in a petticoat Grabbed a bottle and a toast Here's to my gorgeous bastard, Jewel
And the man at the piano a tune And everybody sang and danced in the Except (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Jewel
Reared the guttersnipe While her mama a Chinese pipe The salad for Ruby didn't last Forced to and pay her dues Inside that poor Moulin Rouge A kid had to grow up fast
and day she toiled and sweat While brothel patrons their bets On who be the first to break her in Then one the madam screams "Ruby, get to thirteen There's someone who thinks you're quite a gem"
And the man at the played a tune And everybody sang and danced in the Ruby (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Ruby
In done-up hair and a borrowed She climbed the stairs to death Said a prayer and tiptoed through the But on deaf her prayer fell 'Cause through a she stared at hell Standing in nothing but his drawers
She recognized the chin Bloodshot eyes and grin He was the man who wore the star She tried to around and run But he out his big six gun And said, "Hon, you won't get far"
And the man at the piano played a And everybody and danced in the saloon Except (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Jewel
Ruby woke up in bed A crimson pool between her as the day she was born But there next to him her wish she hadn't been If this was all living had in store
sure he was asleep She quietly got to her Found his gun and aimed it between his She it there til he came to So he could stare down the too Pulled the once and watched him die
And the man at the piano a tune And everybody sang and in the saloon Except (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Jewel
On a rainy night in twelve Locked inside the new jail carved a message in the stone When came, hacks lead her out In ankle right through the crowd Who in the mud to watch the show
walked her up the gallows steps Put the rope around her the trap as all the watchers cheered But on the of a cell In a tiny and misspelled Were the words, Jewel was here'
And the man at the piano played a And everybody and danced in the saloon Ruby (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Ruby