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 shaking, his big heart was breaking, he turned to the woman and said:

 

Chorus:

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 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 (Chorus)

 

* Key change omitted for simplicity.