Lucille 

 

 

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1. In a bar in Toledo, across from the depot, 

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on a bar stool she took off her ring. 

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I thought I'd get closer so I walked on over. 

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I sat down and asked her her name. 

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When the drinks finally hit her, she said: I am no quitter, 

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but I finally quit living on dreams. 

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I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after, 

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I'm after whatever the other life brings. 

 

2. 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 in 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, 

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and turned to the woman and said: 

 

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Refr. You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, 

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with four hungry children and crop in the field. 

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I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times, 

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but this time your hurtin' won't heal. 

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You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. 

 

3. After he left us, I ordered more whiskey. 

I thought how she 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 beaty but when she came to me, 

she must've thought I'd lost my mind. 

I couldn't hold her 'cause the words that he told her 

kept coming back time after time. 

 

Refr. You picked a fine time... 

 

End. You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.