In a bar in Toledo, across from 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 asked her her name.
When the drinks finally hit her, she said, Im no quitter
But I finally quit living on dreams.
I'm hungry for laughter, and here ever after
Whatever the other life brings."
In the mirror I saw him, and I closely watched him.
"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, I've lived through some sad times,
But this time the hurtin' won't heal.
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.
After he left us, I ordered more whiskey.
I thought how she'd made him look small.
From the lights of the barroom to the 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, for the words that he told her
Kept comin' back time after time.
(Chorus)
"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,
I've lived through some sad times,
But this time the hurtin' won't heal.
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.
(Chorus)
With four hungry children and a crop in the field.
I've had some bad times,
I've lived through some sad times,
But this time the hurtin' won't heal.
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.