LUCILLE

 
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
 
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 WHAT EVER THE OTHER LIFE BRINGS
 

IN THE MIRROR I SAW HIM I CLOSELY WATCHED HIM

THOUGHT HOW HE LOOKED OUT OF PLACE

HE CAME TO THE WOMAN WHO SAT DOWN 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 WASDEAD

BUT HE STARTED SHAKING HIS BIG HEART WAS BREAKING

HE TURNED TO THE WOMAN AND SAID
 

** YOU PIKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME LUCILLE

WITH FOUR HUNGRY CHILDREN AND A CROP IN THE FIELD

I'VE HAD SOME BAD TIMES LIVED THRO' SOME SAD TIMES

BUT THIS TIME YOUR HURTING WON'T HEAL

YOU PICKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME LUCILLE
 
 
 

AFTER HE LEFT US I ORDERED MORE WHISKY

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'D LOST MY MIND

BUT I COULDN'T HOLD HER THE WORDS THAT HE TOLD HER

KEPT COMING BACK TIME AFTER TIME
 

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