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 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 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 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 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