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 what-ever 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
 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 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 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 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 'cos the words that he told her
 Kept coming back time after time
 You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille ...