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 I'm no quitter
But I finally quit living
on dreams
I'm hungry for laughter
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 shaking
His big heart was breaking
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
this time the hurtin' won't heal
You picked a fine time
to leave me,Lucille
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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
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
this time the hurtin' won't heal
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You picked a fine time
to leave me,Lucille
You picked a fine time
to leave me,Lucille