In a bar in ToledoAcross from the depotOn a barstool, she took off her ringI thought I'd get closerSo I walked on overI sat down and asked her, her name
When the drinks finally hit herShe said, "I'm no quitter"But I finally quit living on dreamsI'm hungry for laughterAnd here ever afterI'm after whatever the other life brings
In the mirror I saw himAnd I closely watched himI thought how he looked out of placeHe came to the womanWho sat there beside meHe had a strange look on his face
The big hands were callousedHe looked like a mountainFor a minute, I thought I was deadBut he started shakin'His big heart was breakin'He turned to the woman and said
"You picked a fine time to leave me, LucilleWith four hungry children and a crop in the fieldI've had some bad timesLived through some sad timesBut this time your hurtin' won't healYou picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille"
After he left usI ordered more whiskeyI thought how she'd made him look smallFrom the lights of the barroomTo a rented hotel roomWe walked without talkin' at all
She was a beautyBut when she came to meShe must have thought I'd lost my mindI couldn't hold her'Cause the words that he told herKept comin' back time after time
"You picked a fine time to leave me, LucilleWith four hungry children and a crop in the fieldI've had some bad timesLived through some sad timesThis time your hurtin' won't healYou picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille"
"You picked a fine time to leave me, LucilleWith four hungry children a crop in the fieldI've had some bad timesLived through some sad timesBut this time your hurtin' won't healYou picked a fine time to leave me Lucille"
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille