Lucille Lyrics

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 what 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.
His big hands were calloused
he looked like a mountain
for a minute I thought I was dead
He started shaking his big heart was
breaking 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
I couldn't hold her 'cause 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.