This One’s For You/‘Totally Ruthless’

I got the news on Wednesday morning,

Someone came and told me that you knew-

That I liked you.

All day I had that anxious feeling,

Trying to figure out what you thought of me,

Until you told me, quite plainly-

You said, ‘hey. I hate your guts.’

As volatile as dynamite in a room full of flammable gas,

That’s the girl I fell for

Sweet one moment then vicious the next,

You never know how she’s gonna act,

That’s Ruthie, Ruthie, Ruthie in the flesh!

I thought it out that Wednesday evening,

What on earth was I supposed to do-

I still liked you!

Even though I knew I shouldn’t,

‘Cause it could only cause me grief

I still clung to my belief-

That your mind wasn’t made up yet-

As volatile as dynamite in a room full of flammable gas,

That’s the girl I fell for

Sweet one moment then vicious the next,

You never know how she’s gonna act,

That’s Ruthie, Ruthie, Ruthie in the flesh!

So now I’m writing you this song, dear,

In memory of how you flattened me,

Dear Ruthie.

In retrospect, I wasn’t quite ready

For the harsh, unedited truth-

That comes with crushing on Ruth!

As volatile as dynamite in a room full of flammable gas,

That’s the girl I fell for

Sweet one moment then vicious the next,

You never know how she’s gonna act,

That’s Ruthie, Ruthie, Ruthie in the flesh!