Of course I think she’s beautiful

If only it were only me

She’s got what we want

What the eye likes to see

Guess you could say she once was mine

Technically

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

Ruby

The shiny, swirling, sultry gem that I’ve been known to linger on

She’s one way and I’m the other but there’s still something I can’t put my finger on

We really ain’t got that chemistry, but there’s plenty of pheromones

I guess I like a little mystery and she digs thе baritones

She’s exotic, tragic bеauty

She was named for precious jewelry

She wears black, she wears patchouli

And somehow she just runs right through me

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

Something about you cuts right through me

I may not love you but I want you truly

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

She’s what you’d call a suicide girl

But she won’t kill herself for me anymore

It rained the morning after

But we weren’t dry indoors

We made what is not love without remorse

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

When I was younger and people were hooking up I was always so quick to judge it

It’s just cheap thrills but that’s economics when you’re on a tight emotional budget

I really don’t need much sympathy when there’s writhing and pumps and moans

I guess it shouldn’t be a mystery why she’s got me jumping out of my bones

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

Something about you cuts right through me

I may not love you but I want you truly

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

I’ve always seen myself as the earnest romantic

But then you come along and my mind jumps to tantric

Don’t we still want touch even if it doesn’t mean that much

It’s not the real thing, but does it have to be a crutch?

I’m opening up to easing my restrictions of the heart

Cause you don’t give a damn about where the hell I am and that’s the easy part

I’m opening up to easing my restrictions of the heart

Cause part of me wants you more than love and that’s the hardest part

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