[Verse 1]

          
Ruby, let down

              
 your golden h

              
air,  when I’m

             
 standing at t

   
he bottom of y

our stairs
          
Ruby, I can se

              
e your TV on, 

             
 But the peopl

             
e there they f


licker and the

y’re gone
             
So let down yo

              
ur golden hair

             
 for me tonigh

             
t,  Let down y

              
our golden hai

             
r for me to cl

imb


[Chorus]

             
Just like an o

              
ld-time telegr

            
aph man,  I ca

              
me here with a

              
 simple job to

 
 do
             
Cause that new

              
s coming down 

             
the wire says 

            
that your head

 
’s on fire
             
And I'm trying

             
 to get a mess

             
age through to

 
 you


[Verse 2]

          
Ruby, you ain'

              
t lonely yet W

             
ith your cryst

            
al and your Ru

ssian cigarett

e
          
Ruby, haven't 

              
you heard befo

              
re,  what good

             
’s finest towe

          
r when it hasn

't got a door?
             
So let down yo

              
ur golden hair

             
 for me to cli

             
mb,  Let down 

              
your golden ha

              
ir for me toni

 
ght


[Chorus]

             
Just like an o

              
ld-time telegr

            
aph man,  I ca

              
me here with a

              
 simple job to

 
 do
             
Cause that new

              
s coming down 

             
the wire says 

           
that your bed’

s on fire
             
And I'm trying

             
 to get a mess

             
age through to

 
 you


[Instrumental]

         
Ruby

     
      
      


[Chorus]

             
I’m that old-t

              
ime telegraph 

            
man,  I came h

              
ere with a sim

           
ple job to do
             
Cause that new

              
s coming down 

             
the wire says 

            
that your worl

d's on fire
             
And I'm trying

             
 to get a mess

             
age through to

 
 you

[Outro]
    

             
I’m that old-t

              
ime telegraph 

            
man,  I came h

              
ere with a sim

           
ple job to do
             
Cause that new

              
s coming down 

             
the wire says 

            
that your worl

d's on fire
             
And I'm trying

             
 to get a mess

             
age through to

 
 you