Ruby

I always thought the song was about divorce. "Ruby, I hope I see you I've waited all this week for you to walk my way" this lyric would be from the perspective of Ruby's dad, talking about how it was his week for Ruby to come over, hence the "I've waited all this week," which would be about him waiting while it was her mom's week to have her. "Your momma painted your room a shade of pink, she said" these lyrics kind of are talking about, well, Ruby's room being red, and with the "shade of pink, she said" notice the "she said" kind of meaning the dad himself didn't see it, because he doesn't live with Ruby's mom because they are divorced. "Ruby, take my hand, please lead me to the promise land" this part to me sounds like the dad would be stressed, but when Ruby comes over, she leads him to the promise land. "You're an angel fallen down won't you tell us of the clouds you have fallen from the sky how high, how high?" now the song is talking about how the father thinks she's an angel, and he just wants to listen to her. "You're true and pure you hold the cure we're all diseased you hold the key" I feel like this means how the mom and dad are fighting over stuff, hence the "we're all diseased" and Ruby is the thing that makes them happy, also with the "you hold the key". And the "tell your dad I'm sorry" is just the mom wanting Ruby to tell her father she's sorry for fighting. But whatever it really means, it's a still a great song. And this is just my own interpretation, I'm not saying this is what it really means.