Lucille - Tony Christie

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 name

When the drink finally hit her

She said I'm no quitter

But I finally quit living 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 watch him

I thought how he looked out of place

He came to the woman

Who sat their 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 shakin'

His big heart was breakin'

He turned to the woman and said

You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille

With four hungry children and a crop in the field

I've had some bad times

Lived thru' some sad times

But this time your hurtin' won't heal

You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille

After he left us I ordered more whiskey

I thought how she made him look small

From the lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room

We walked without talking at all

She was a beauty but when she came to me

She must have thought I lost my mind

I couldn't hold her 'coz the words that he told her

Kept coming back time after time

You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille

With four hungry children and a crop in the field

I've had some bad times

Lived thru' some sad times

But this time your hurtin' won't heal

You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille

You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille

With four hungry children and a crop in the field

I've had some bad times

Lived thru' some sad times

But this time your hurtin' won't heal

You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille