Ruby waits a while before she stays Never looking back 'til he's miles away Keeps her reputation like a stone She's not really tired, she's just overgrown She says, "Hey, I could be wrong but at least I'm breathing Hey, we could go anywhere but down" She says, "Hey, let me be you" and I fall down screaming Everything's a miracle when you've got your face in the crowd Ruby never says what side she's on She lives in the shade of unfinished songs She has got a photographic soul Everyone she meets in a fractured hole She says, "Hey, I could be wrong but at least I'm breathing Hey, we could go anywhere but down" She says, "Hey, let me be you" and I fall down screaming Everything's a miracle when you've got your face in the crowd Ruby likes the sound of people's clothes No one ever knows when she'll go She's got reservations with a ghost She's not looking back, she's just growing old She says, "Hey, I could be wrong but at least I'm breathing Hey, we could go anywhere but down" She says, "Hey, let me be you" and I fall down screaming Everything's a miracle when you've got your face in the crowd Ruby waits a while before she stays Never looking back 'til he's miles away Keeps her reputation like a stone She's not really tired, she's just overgrown