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Without knowing what kind of set up you intend I would have to say enter "wiring lipstick pickups" in your favorite search engine and then use whichever of the diagrams matches your rig.
"just a single coil in a tube"...Tha's close to sacrilege, my ' 64 Danelectro lipsticks are pure eargasm! :-)
I suggested a search in the first reply because the question was lacking in detail, can't tell what your set up plan is without a good description or image. You can see what's in front of you, we can't. :-)
As far as the lipstick goes it's like TPK said it's a single coil; 3 wire out is shield, hot, and ground.
Now are you using one pickup, multiple pickups, wiring it straight to the jack, connecting a tone circuit, etc.
Two singles wired through a 3-way switch so the mid position is humbucking is a nice arrangement.
All that taken into account if you supply the necessary info somebody on this site can give you an answer to just about any build or playing question.
PK has a great point...get a multimeter. It is one of the most useful tools in the box. Among other uses, it helps to check if a pickup is good or broken, to check for ground, continuity, and such. As for the lipstick pickup, again, its been said here already, but the likely are two wires with a colored sheath...black and white, and the third will be bare and likely braided. Black is positive, white negative, and braided shield wire is negative too. The braided "shields" the signal of the single coil from outside electrical interference, to help make it quieter (reduces what is know as the "60Hz cycle hum"). Single coil pups are notorious for that phenomenon. A multimeter would allow you to confirm all this, and are cheap (about $10-15 at any local hardware store. Cheers.
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