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
the name.
I'm hungry for laughter, and, here ever after, I'm after whatever the
quit living on dreams.
When the drinks fin'lly hit her, she said "I'm no quitter, but I fin'lly
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 women who sat there beside me, he had a strange look on
his face.
thought I was dead.
The big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain, for a minute I
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 hurting 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!
She was a beauty, but when she came to me, she must have thought I'd
From the lights of the barroom to a rented hotel room, we walked without
talking at all.
lost my mind.
I couldn't hold her, 'cause the words that he told her kept coming back time after time.
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. (twice.
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