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
 I 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
 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"
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 After he left us
 I ordered more whiskey
 I thought how she'd made him look small
 From the lights of the barroom
 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 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
 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 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