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When the sun hits it right on its way down  
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It was the prettiest thing in our little town  
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Every hour I'd sneak a glance over at the  
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Plastic frame and cracked glass  
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That holds the picture of Ruby's two sad daughters  
 
 
Last mill closed when I was nine and Daddy left And Momma cried again  
I spent my nights cleaning Ruby's floors  
Just another cafe on a wind swept highway  
The farmers bitched  
We're no good at football anymore   
In this land that knows no laughter  
In this land that holds no water  
We were all in love with Ruby's two sad daughters  
 
 
One went way out west  
One went way wrong  
One left at seventeen and the other couldn't wait that long  
Neither went anywhere with me 
Not to the games or the Dairy Queen  
Both split with the first boy who lied sweet  And looked vaguely mean  
In this land that knows no laughter  
In this land that hold no water  
We were all in love with Ruby's two sad daughters  
Why so pretty and forlorn  
Why so permanently blue  
I guess ours wasn't much of a kingdom to rule  
  
Now when the sun hits it right on its way down  
It's still the prettiest thing in our little town  
Every hour I sneak a glance over at the plastic frame  
And I fix the glass that holds the picture of  
Ruby's two sad daughters  
 
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Why did hope leave town with Ruby's two sad daughters?  
REPEAT: Intro