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Ruby Baby Lyrics
I've got a girl and Ruby is her name
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
She don't love me but I love her just the same
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
Ruby, Ruby, how I want you
Like a ghost I'm gonna haunt you
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
Each time I see you, baby my heart cries
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
I'm gonna steal you away from all those guys
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
From the sunny day I met you
I made a bet that I would get you
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
(piano solo & stuff)
I've got a girl and Ruby is her name
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
I'd give the world just to see her heart aflame
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
Got some loving money too
Gonna give it all to you
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
(oh miiine)
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
(Outro)
(ruby ruby ruby, baby) etc
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
She don't love me but I love her just the same
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
Like a ghost I'm gonna haunt you
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
I'm gonna steal you away from all those guys
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
I made a bet that I would get you
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
I'd give the world just to see her heart aflame
(ruby ruby ruby, baby)
Gonna give it all to you
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
(oh miiine)
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
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Submitted by
mik91 On Sep 16, 2007
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Real nice job on a fun song. We all have a Ruby somewhere... I'd give the world just to set her heart aflame...hey hey anybody got a match...
I think the "oh miiine" should be "all" miiine. I don't plan on sharing my Ruby Baby
Personally, I get a weird feeling about this song. I am under the impression that the narrator actually as some sort of obsessive, one-way relationship with a prostitute.
"Each time I see you, baby my heart cries I'm gonna steal you away from all those guys (...) Got some loving money too Gonna give it all to you"
I don't know, it might be far off (and yes, I know this is not a Fagen-song), but that was actually my first impression of the song.
Pfff, Fagen makes anything sound tragicomic... even old Rock 'n' Roll classics. Respect
When either Leiber or Stoller (I forget which) was on Desert Island Discs (popular UK radio show in which celebs pick 8 records to take to a desert island) this was the only L&S tune he picked among his 8, which is quite a complement.