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 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 And thought how he looked out of place He came to the woman who sat there beside me And had a strange look on his face His 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 the 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"