LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS)
(Linda Laurie)


Linda Laurie - 1973
Helen Reddy - 1973
Ray Conniff Singers - 1974
Lenny Dee - 1974
Arleen Harden - 1974
Samantha Sang - 1975





Big ol' Ruby Red Dress wanders 'round the town
Talkin' to herself now, sometimes sittin' down
Don't you get too close now, Ruby runs away
Poor ol' Ruby Red Dress, born on a sorry day
I can hear her sayin'

Leave me alone, won't you leave me alone
Please leave me alone, now leave me alone
Oh, leave me alone, please leave me alone, yes leave me
Leave me alone, won't you leave me alone
Please leave me alone, no leave me alone
God, leave me alone, just leave me alone, oh, leave me

Big ol' Ruby Red Dress, everybody laughs
Say she's got no future and never made no past
Somethin' hurt that Ruby, somethin' she can't bear
You look at her real close now, you see a little tear
When she says now

Leave me alone, won't you leave me alone
Please leave me alone, now, leave me alone
Oh, leave me alone, just leave me alone, please leave me
Leave me alone, won't you leave me alone
Please leave me alone, now leave me alone
Oh, leave me along, just leave me alone, oh, leave me

Some folks say some farm boy up from Tennessee
Taught it all to Ruby, then just let her be
Her daddy tried to hide it, tried to keep things cool
But somethin' happened to Ruby, she broke down to a fool 
Who just said now

Leave me alone, won't you leave me alone
Please leave me alone now, leave me alone
Oh, leave me alone, please leave me alone, yes, leave me
Leave me alone won't you leave me alone
Please leave me alone, now leave me alone
God, leave me along, just leave me alone, please leave me






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2014)