I don’t want for you to cry, I don’t want for you to cry, I don’t want for you to cry, Ruby

I just want for you to smile, I just want for you to smile, I just want for you to smile, Ruby

Idle thoughts may cross your mind in between the walls at night

But I don’t want for you to cry, and to each a better life

So don’t do it. Don’t cry. Don’t you do it!

(Then she looked into a crystal ball)

I don’t want for you to cry, I don’t want for you to cry, I don’t want for you to cry, Ruby

I just want for you to smile, I just want for you to smile, I just want for you to smile, Ruby

I am not a pretty sight, but no two birds are made alike

But I don’t want to see you cry, not before I’ve seen you smile