Lucille

3/4 Takt

In a bar in Toledo across from the depot on a barstool she took of her ring

I thought I’d get closer so I walked on over sat down and asked her her name

When the drinks 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 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

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 braking he turned to the woman and said:

Refrain:

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille with four hungry children and the crop in the field

I’ve had some bad time lived through some sad time but this time your hurtin’ won’t heal

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille.

After he left us I ordered more whisky I thought how she’d made him look small

From the lights of the barroom 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 the words that he told her kept coming back time after time:

C         C        C         C         C         C         G7      G7

G7     G7       G7       G7      G7       G7       C         C

C        C         C        C         C         C7        F         F

G7     G7       G7      G7       G7       G7        C        C

Refrain

C         C         F          F         F         F         F         C

C         F         F           F         F         F         F        C

C        G7       G7        C