Ruth
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Ruth
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Intro- G Em F C G C G
Coming through the filter, sweet
upon my lips
the smoke mollifies the lung
into which it rips
In a sunlit tavern, in a corner
booth
sucking stale popcorn, there I
met dear Ruth
She'd only just lost the baby,
seven months and a week
Drank a month of Seagrams,
kissed me on the cheek
Never would've been my style
But I could spot it from a mile
That it would mean a world of
good
If we got friendly for a while
Oh what a dear my dear girl
might have been
In my nine dollar room, there
was nothing on TV
She asked if she could use my
toothbrush, "It don't bother
me.”
"I thank you for the company"
she most solemnly said
When I woke the next morning,
she had fallen from the bed
Quite a sight I have to say
Where once had blossomed a
bouquet
Now all but wilting like a leaf
In the ruthless light of day
O what a dear my dear girl might
have been
Ruth, sweet girl, there's no
place for you
here in my little nine dollar
room
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