Ruthie Mae - Percy Mayfield

I would like to write a song about the moonlight

But I know I’ll have to write the way I feel

How can I say the moon is bright

When you’re not with me at night?

And to me, the moon beings are not real

I would like to tell just why the stars are shining

And just why they decorate the Milky Way

How can I write about the stars

When it’s cloudy in my heart?

And all my thoughts are on my darling Ruthie Mae

Like the web that’s in water

Like the dawn that’s in day

You’re in my veins, that you remain that way, that way

Now it seems that all my songs are filled with sadness

For the sadness in my heart is here to stay

I know I’ll never write a tune about the stars and about the moon

Until you return, my darling Ruthie Mae

Like the web that’s in water

Like the dawn that’s in day

You’re in my veins, that you remain that way, that way

Now it seems that all my songs are filled with sadness

For the sadness in my heart is here to stay

I know I’ll never write a tune about the stars and about the moon

Until you return, my darling Ruthie Mae

Until you return, my darling Ruthie Mae