Lyrics

VERSE I:
Ruby hung a birdhouse
From a traffic sign
She kinda likes it
When the sheriff minds

Painted her house purple
Smack in the middle of town
Sweet crepe myrtle
Blue tick hound

TAG:
Beside where the firewood's stacked
She parked a pink '52 Cadllac
She never drives

VERSE II:

Granddaughter is a shark at pool
Carries her own cue
See her down in the local halls
Hear the crack when she breaks those balls

Son works out on the county line
Only visits at Christmas time
Ruby don't care
She's already there

TAG:
Beside where the firewood's stacked
She parked a pink '52 Cadillac
She never drives

CHORUS:

The world gives
The world takes away
You lose a little something every day
The world gives
The world takes away
You learn a little something every day

Verse III:
Straw hat, threadbare
People say she's a millionaire
She keeps goats and guinea hens
Got the goods on the councilmen

People drive by in shiny cars
Don't know who they are

But I wonder what Ruby sees
Looking back at you and me

TAG:
Beside where the firewood's stacked
She parked a pink '52 Cadillac
She loved to drive

BREAK

TAG:
Beside where the firewood's stacked
She parked a pink '52 Cadillac
That the King tried to buy...

CHORUS:
The world gives the world takes away
You lose a little something every day
The world gives the world takes away
You learn a little something every day

OUTRO:
Learn a little
Lose a little
Learn a little something every day
Lose a little
Learn a little
Lose a little something every day
Learn a little something every day