lucille

in a bar in toledo

across from the depot

on a bar stool she took off her ring

i thought i'd get closer

so i walked on over

i sat down and asked her name

when the drinks finally hit her

she said i'm no quitter

but i finally quit livin' 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 whisky

i thought how she'd made him look small

from the lights of the bar room

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 could'nt hold her

'cos 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 hurtin' won't heal

you picked a fine time to leave me lucille