In and Double-Aught A harlot who was hot to Gave a little bijoux to the world a blacksmith for a makeshift doc In a cat house far from Her goldmine brought to a baby girl
When the child screamed life's first slap The said, "Kid, get used to that You'll never meet a day isn't cruel" And she wrapped her babe in a Grabbed a bottle and made a to my gorgeous bastard, Ruby Jewel
And the man at the piano a tune And everybody sang and danced in the Ruby (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Jewel
Reared the guttersnipe While her mama puffed a pipe The days for Ruby didn't last Forced to work and pay her Inside poor man's Moulin Rouge A kid had to grow up fast
Night and day she toiled and While brothel patrons placed their On who be the first to break her in Then one the madam screams "Ruby, get to thirteen There's someone there who thinks quite a gem"
And the man at the played a tune And sang and danced in the saloon Except (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Jewel
In done-up hair and a dress She the stairs scared to death Said a prayer and through the door But on deaf ears her prayer 'Cause a tear she stared at hell there in nothing but his drawers
She recognized the chin Bloodshot and foul-mouthed 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 get very far"
And the man at the piano a tune And everybody sang and danced in the Except (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Jewel
Ruby Jewel up in bed A crimson pool between her Naked as the day she was But lying there to him Made her wish she hadn't If this was all that had in store
sure he was asleep She got to her feet Found his gun and aimed it between his She kept it there til he to So he could stare the barrel too Pulled the once and watched him die
And the man at the piano played a And everybody sang and in the saloon Except (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Jewel
On a rainy night in nineteen Locked the town's new jail carved a message in the stone When came, hacks lead her out In chains right through the crowd Who in the mud to watch the show
They her up the gallows steps Put the rope around her Dropped the as all the watchers cheered But on the of a cell In a tiny and misspelled Were the words, 'Ruby Jewel was
And the man at the played a tune And everybody sang and in the saloon Ruby (Ruby) No, not (Ruby) Ruby