Lucille
In a bar in Toledo across from the depotOn a bar stool she took off her ringI thought I'd get closer so I walked on overI sat down and asked her nameWhen the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no quitterBut I finally quit livin' on dreamsI'm hungry for laughter and here ever afterI'm after what-ever the other life brings
In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched himI thought how he looked out of placeHe came to the woman who sat there beside meHad a strange look on his faceThe big hands were calloused he looked like a mountainFor a minute I thought I was deadBut he started shaking his big heart was breakingHe turned to the woman and said
You picked a fine time to leave me LucilleWith four hungry children and a crop in the fieldI've had some bad times lived through some sad timesBut this time your hurting won't healYou picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
After he left us I ordered more whiskyI thought how she'd made him look smallFrom the lights of the bar room to a rented hotel roomWe walked without talking at allShe was a beauty but when she came to meShe must have thought I'd lost my mindI couldn't hold her 'cos the words that he told herKept coming back time after time
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille ....