Lucille

In a bar in Toledo across from the depot

On a bar stool, she took off her ring

I thought I'd get closer so I walked on over

I sat down and asked her name

When the drinks finally hit her, she said, I'm no quitter

But I finally quit living on dreams

I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after

I'm after whatever the other life brings

In the mirror I saw him

And I closely watched him

I thought how he looked out of place

He came to the woman

Who sat there beside me

He had a strange look on his face

Now, his big hands were callused

He looked like a mountain

For a minute I thought I was dead

But he started shaking

His big heart was breaking

And he turned to the woman and said

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

With four hungry children, and a crop in the field

I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times

But this time the hurtin' won't heal

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

After he left us

I ordered more whiskey

I thought how she made him look small

From the lights of the bar room

To a rented hotel room

We walked without talking at all

Now she was a beauty

But when she came to me

She must have thought I'd lost my mind

'Cause I couldn't hold her

The words that he told her

Kept coming back time after time

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

With four hungry children, and a crop in the field

I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times

But this time the hurtin' won't heal

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

With four hungry children, and a crop in the field

I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times

But this time the hurtin' won't heal

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille