[Verse 1]
     
Ruby, let down

 your golden h

air
             
Well I'm stand

           
ing at the bot

tom of your st

airs
     
Ruby, I can se

e your TV on
             
But the people

             
 there, they f


licker and the

y're gone

             
So let down yo

           
ur golden hair

         
 for me tonigh

t
             
Let down your 

         
golden hair fo

              
r me to climb

[Chorus]
             
Just like an o

           
ld time telegr

/   
aph man
             
I came here wi

              
th a simple jo

         
b 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
             
With your crys

              
tal and your R


ussian cigaret

te
     
Ruby, haven't 

you heard befo

re
              
What good is t

             
he 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 hair fo

            
r me tonight

[Chorus]
             
Just like an o

           
ld time telegr

/   
aph man
             
I came here wi

              
th a simple jo

         
b 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,

Ruby

[Interlude]
     
     
   
   

[Chorus]
             
I'm that old t

         
ime telegraph 

 
man
             
And I came her

              
e with a simpl

             
e 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]
   

[Chorus]
             
I'm that old t

         
ime telegraph 

 
man
             
I came here wi

              
th a simple jo

         
b 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