Lay It All on Me

Ruby's got a brother Her brother's got a lover His lover's got another on the side Ain't nobody's business We all need forgiveness It's been laying heavy on my mind If you got a secret, baby I can keep it Lock it up and swallow the key 'Cause everybody's got a little something to hide You can lay it all on me Her mama used the Bible Her daddy used the bottle Revival and survival made her run She's using just a little Of both here in the middle I know exactly where she's coming from If you got a secret, baby I can keep it Lock it up and swallow the key 'Cause everybody's got a little something to hide You can lay it all on me Covering my tracks and sneaking on the sly It's getting hard to look my Ruby in the eye She caught us shackin' up at a dirty motel Says she's gonna send us both straight to hell It's complicated ain't it I wish I could explain it It wouldn't make no difference if I tried Now Ruby and her brother Say one way or another I'm running out of places I can hide If you know a secret, you best know how to keep it Lock it up and swallow the key 'Cause everybody's got a little something to hide You can lay it all on me Yeah, you can lay it all on me, oh now Yeah, you can lay it all on me