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 name
When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no quitter but I finally quit
livin on dreams
I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after I'm
after what-ever 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 be-side 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 Lu-cille
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 Lu-cille.
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 ho-tel 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 'cos the words that told her kept coming back time
after time Chorus
