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Kenny Rogers
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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LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Roger Bowling
Roger Bowling
Songwriter
Hal Bynum
Hal Bynum
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Larry Butler
Larry Butler
Producer
Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
Engineer
Harold Lee
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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