A.J. Croce - Texas Ruby lyrics

TEXAS RUBY Written by A.J. Croce and Gary Nicholson, Croce Publishing (ASCAP)/Gary Nicholson Music (ASCAP) She climbed on to my street car Just before it turned St. Charles More woman than I've ever seen And she was wrigglin' outa her jeans It must have been a hundred and three Cause it was August down in New Orleans She looked right through me Said excuse me Introduced me Texas Ruby is my name It was nothing but a string bikini That was underneath them old blue jeans And her t-shirt was soaking wet It's only natural that the woman would sweat But she took it off and tossed it away Lord I was struggling for something to say She said you really must excuse me These old clothes are sticking to me Texas Ruby is my name Texas Ruby Lord she put it to me That lone star beauty Known as Texas Ruby How was a California boy to know She made a living stripping out of her clothes And although she had never knew me Or how she was getting to me Texas Ruby blew my mind Later on down on Bourbon street You'd never guess who I chanced to meet It's not so much that I recalled the face But all the other parts were right in place And when she saw me standing by the bandstand well she reached out and took my hand she said I usually don't perform On a street car down St. Charles But New Orleans heat just got to me Texas Ruby Lord she put it to me That lone star beauty Known as Texas Ruby Now every time I climb on street car That's rattling down St. Charles I'm just a boy of seventeen On his first day in New Orleans Seeing thing he'd never dreamed he'd see From a girl who said excuse me Showed it all then introduced me Saying Texas Ruby is my name Lord her memory drives me insane Texas Ruby was her name