There's a letter in her mailbox with no return address, so she's open it right there to see what it says, and she smiles real big cause she never knew.

Now he's miles from the river and the life that he's known. He's strumming that guitar and singing at them shows, and one thing he knows. He's gonna make it too.

The words in that letter make her heart leap for joy, and when he writes them, it drowns out the knows. But when he gets home, there is only one face he wants to see. So he writes "Dear Ruby, oh Ruby you are dear to me.

See these roads they get longer, and the shows they get dull. But I think of your smile and I am filled up with love. I never told you what I saw in your eyes. How your red curly hair calms me inside. Now I have one question will you give me the truth, cause I want to see you, I hope you do too, oh Miss Ruby, can I come home to you?

When he steps on that stage the women go wild. They scream, "come home to me boy and give me your child!" But he thinks of that one, and she makes him smile.

Behind the pine, she sells Jack and Jim, and the men at that bar say come home with them, but she thinks of his letters. She only wants him.

The words in those letters make her heart leap for joy, and when he writes them it drowns out the noise, but when he gets home there is only one face he wants to see. So he writes, "Dear Ruby, oh Ruby you are dear to me."

There's a letter in her mailbox with no return address, so she opens it right there to read what it says, and her eyes get real big. She can't believe the news.

Now he's miles from the river, and the life that he's known. Surrounded by guitars and pictures from his shows. While his family and friends say their goodbyes.

The words in that letter make her heart fall apart and just what he wrote it came straight from his heart. He's not coming home, but he still needs her to see. So he writes "Dear Ruby, oh Ruby you are dear to me."

See these roads they get longer and the shows they get dull, but I think of your smile and I am filled up with love. I never told you what I saw in your eyes. How that red curly hair calms me inside. Now I have to tell you, and its a sad truth, cause I want to see you, I know you do too! Oh Miss Ruby, I'm not coming home to you. No, Dear Ruby, I'm not coming home to you. Whoa, Dear Ruby, he's not coming home to you.