Words and Music by Ruby Friedman/ASCAP/Rubyredlawn Music 
Produced by Beethoven(Alex Elena/Topher Mohr) and Ruby Friedman
Guitars: Adam Zimmon, Topher Mohr
Bass: Sebastian Steinberg
Fiddle: Aubrey Richmond
Percussion Drums: Alex Elena 
Vox/Whistles: Ruby Friedman
Dog Barks: Clovis The Northman In Another Lifetime
Photo: Alex Elena 
MUA: Jessica Cook

I'm not your friend
I killed a man
If it damn well please me, I'll do it again
No diamond ring, no blood money
Righteous deeds, I do 'em for free. 

See those girls, they were both raped
One set on fire, one escaped
And she told me where the dirty demon lived.
Nightmares come and cops are slow
And you know how those juries go 
I grabbed my rifle and made a house call.

I'm not your friend
I killed a man 
If it damn well please me, I'll do it again
No diamond ring
No blood money
Price is right, I'll do it for free. 

See blood splatter on the wall
Man on camera, five dogs gone
He tortures and he preys on the weak and small.
Eye for an eye is too kind
When he commits the worst crimes
Give him to me cuz he aint doin' no more "time".

How many years will you have to wait?
My patience cannot hold
How many times can you make him pay?
My vengeance can't be sold.  

I'm not your friend, I killed a man
If it damn well please me, I'll do it again.
No diamond ring
No blood money
Righteous deeds, I do 'em for free. 

I'm Not Your Friend

"Modern vintage sounds that will make you laugh and cry and dance like there’s no tomorrow, Ruby Friedman is an electrifying performer and songwriter"-- KCRW, Gary Calamar  
“You don’t need to know Ruby Friedman’s life story to get a sense of who she is. Just hearing her, and better seeing her perform, tell enough. Her voice and manner are as bold and brash as her flame-red hair. But she’s telling you anyway, with ‘Fugue in L.A. Minor,’ the opening song of her long-in-coming first album, Gem…It’s quite the curtain-raiser, fitting as what follows has some theatrical punch, Vaudevillian in some spots, Brechtian in others. Well, really it’s Vaudeville-y and Brecht-y, not fully either, or any one thing at any time. Bluesy also applies. Jazzy maybe. But brassy, always…another highlight is a last-minute addition to the album, the powerful ‘Ballad of Lee Morse…’ Friedman sings the tale with a kind of force that can only come from someone who sees something, or a lot, of herself in it. It’s part celebratory, part cautionary. And all Ruby Friedman.”
--Steve Hochman, KPCC (NPR Affiliate)
"One hell of a frontwoman with a completely unique and transfixing voice laden with passion... {Gem} is a necessary addition to your music collection." --  POP MATTERS, Sarah Zupko  
"Songs of Quiet Devastation - Gem is full of intense emotion, dark and menacing, full of violent frustration and shattered expectation"  -- MAGNET MAGAZINE, J Poet

I'm Not Your Friend

Ruby Friedman Orchestra