Lucille

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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 the name

When the drinks fin'lly hit her

She said I'm no quitter

But I fin'lly 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 women

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 hurting 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 bar room

To a rented hotel room

We walked without talking at all

She was a beauty

But when she came to me

She must have thought i'd lost my mind

'Cause I couldn't hold her

The words that he told her

Kept coming 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 hurting won't heal

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille