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Lucille

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Lucille was released on September 3, 1976 by EMI Music Nashville (ERN) as a part of the album Kenny Rogers

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Kenny Rogers

Lead Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Roger Bowling

Songwriter

Hal Bynum

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Larry Butler

Producer

Billy Sherrill

Engineer

Harold Lee

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

In a bar in Toledo

Across from the depot

On a barstool, she took off her ring

[Verse 2]

I thought I'd get closer

So I walked on over

I sat down and asked her her name

[Verse 3]

When the drinks finally hit her

She said, "I'm no quitter

But I've finally quit livin' on dreams

[Verse 4]

I'm hungry for laughter

And here ever after

I'm after whatever the other life brings"

[Verse 5]

In the mirror I saw him

And I closely watched him

I thought how he looked out of place

[Verse 6]

He came to the woman

Who sat there beside me

He had a strange look on his face

[Verse 7]

The big hands were calloused

He looked like a mountain

For a minute I thought I was dead

[Verse 8]

But he started shakin'

His big heart was breakin'

He turned to the woman and said

[Chorus]

"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

[Verse 9]

After he left us

I ordered more whiskey

I thought how she'd made him look small

[Verse 10]

From the lights of the barroom

To a rented hotel room

We walked without talkin' at all

[Verse 11]

She was a beauty

But when she came to me

She must have thought I'd lost my mind

[Verse 12]

I couldn't hold her

'Cause the words that he told her

Kept comin' back time after time

[Chorus]

"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"

[Chorus]

"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"

Written by: Gunter Gabriel, Hal Bynum, Roger Bowling

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