Bobby Womack - Ruby Dean lyrics

Mother (Mother) , ooh
Mother, mother, mo-mo-mo-mo-mo-mother
You underestimated your child
Because I was only three
I still had had eyes, and, oh
How I could see i couldn't respect you, mama
That's why I called you
I called you by your first name i said Ruby
Ruby Dean don't take your love to town

Woah oh, Ruby Dean
No, no, a don't take your love to town
Don't do it now
'Cause, I can't stand to hear
The screen door slam
I know you're leaving me
Why can't you let it be?
Ruby Dean, he was everything to me
He's just too blind too see
Through you, Ruby Dean, please
Stop doing my dad this way yeah
Don't take your love to town

Ruby don't take your love to town, yeah

He breeds you and me far as the eye can see
Let my dad go free, I don't
Mind you doin' it to me, ruby Dean
Been good to me, why don't you let him be?
Please, Ruby Dean, woah, Ruby Dean, oh oh oh
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Dean
You can't take your love to town ruby Dean
A don't take your love to town

Woah oh, woah, yeah
Don't take your love to town

Why don't you spend a little
More time around your home?
I can look in my dad's eyes
I can see that he's tired of being alone
Ruby, Ruby Dean ruby Dean, Ruby Dean
Ooh, Ruby Dean