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 her name

When the drinks

finally hit her

she said I'm no quitter

but I've finally quit

living 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 shakin'

his big heart was breakin'

he turned to

the woman and said

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

lived through

some sad times

but this time your

hurtin' 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

talkin' 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

'cause the words

that he told her

kept comin' back

time after time

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

lived through

some sad times

but this time your

hurtin' won't heal

You picked a fine time

to leave me Lucille

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

lived through

some sad times

but this time your

hurtin' won't heal

You picked a fine time

to leave me Lucille