Lucille

In a bar in Toledo

Across from the depot

On a barstool, she took off her ring

I thought I'd get closer

So I walked on over

I sat down and asked her her name

When the drinks finally hit her

She said, "I'm no quitter

But I've finally quit livin' 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

The big hands were calloused

He looked like a mountain

For a minute I thought I was dead

But he started shakin'

His big heart was breakin'

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 your 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'd made him look small

From the lights of the barroom

To a rented hotel room

We walked without talkin' at all

She was a beauty

But when she came to me

She must have thought I'd lost my mind

I couldn't hold her

'Cause the words that he told her

Kept comin' 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 your 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 your hurtin' won't heal

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille"