Lucille Lyrics - Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers

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 livin' 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 

Now his 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' 

And he turned to the woman and said 

"You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille 

With four hungry children and crops in the field 

I've had some bad times, 

Lived through some sad times 

But this time the hurtin' 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 

And from the lights of the barroom 

To the rented hotel room 

We walked without talkin' at all 

Now she was a beauty 

But when she came to me 

She must have thought I'd lost my mind 

'Cause I couldn't hold her 

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 crops in the field 

And I've had some bad times, 

I lived through some sad times 

But this time the 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 crops 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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