Lucille

In a bar in Toledo across 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 ask her name

When the drink finally hit her

She said I'm no quitter

But I finally quit living on drinks

I'm hungry for laughter

And here ever after



In the mirror I saw him

I closely watch him

I thought how he looked out of place

He came to the woman

Sat down beside me

He had a strange look on his face

The big hands are callous

He looked like a mountain

From a minute I thought I was dead

But he started shaking

But his big heart was breaking



You picked the fine time to leave me, Lucille

Four hungry children and a crop in the field

I've had some bad time

Live thru' some sad times

But this time the hurting won't heal

You pick the fine time to leave me, Lucille



After he left her

I ordered some whisky

I thought how she made him look small

From thee lights of the barroom

To rented hotel room

We walked without talking at all

She was a beauty

But when she came to me

She must have thought I lose my mind

I couldn't hold her

The words that he told her

The words that he told her

Kept coming back time after time