©Andy May, Lauren LeCroy May, Ronnie Young, Wes Cooper (Swift River Music/BMI)
Behind the Song
Andy: Writing material for and with artists that I have produced has given me many songs that I enjoy singing myself. This is one.
Lauren: I love writing about relationships with a twist. Our client, Ronnie Young, came to us with this song started, and I had a blast fleshing out the lyrics while Andy did the same with the music. It’s based on a person Ron once knew (with a great deal of embellishment), but we’ve all known a Ruby Lee at one time or another….
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Credits:
- Andy May – Acoustic & electric lead & back-up guitar, Lead and backup vocals
- Dan Dugmore – Pedal Steel Guitar
- Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson – Harmonica
- Rodger Morris – Piano
- Jeremy Shearer – Bass
- Nathan Smith – Drums
- Produced by Andy May
- Recorded and mixed at Mainframe Recording Studio, Nashville, TN
Engineer: Nathan Smith - Cover Art: Andy May
Lyrics
Ruby Lee
©Andy May, Lauren LeCroy May, Ronnie Young, Wes Cooper (Swift River Music/BMI)
She’s got herself a plan, gonna get herself a man with a house as big as Texas
She’s got expensive taste and no time to waste—got her heart set on a Lexus
She’s bored with jeans and boots, wants a man in a suit when she’s goin’ out on the town
That girl’s on a mission, she knows what she’s been missin’, this time she isn’t messin’ around
Chorus:
Ruby Lee—ain’t lookin’ for an ordinary guy like me
Ruby Lee—plans to land a lawyer or some big-time MD
She don’t care if his blood ain’t blue
If his money’s green—he’ll do
OOOOOH—Ruby Lee
I met her late one night in the soft romantic light of a swanky uptown pub
I’d been best man at a weddin’ that wound down at eleven, so I wore my rented tux into the club
When Ruby saw me comin’, she figured I was someone who could make all of her dreams come true
I was completely unaware she was loaded for bear—I never had a prayer or a clue
Chorus
Bridge
Ruby Lee came on in overdrive
Wanted me to take her for a midnight ride
When she saw my ol’ pickup the bubble burst
Man, you shoulda seen her hit reverse
Chorus
Tag: OOOOOH—Ruby Lee
Spoken: Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that ol’ truck! It’s just got a little rust…
Discography
- Track 11 on Room for Roots, SRM CD-118
