Chips Moman - Lucille lyrics

[Intro:] One, two, three, four [Verse 1:] In a barroom 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 fin'lly hit her she said I'm no quitter But I finally quit livin' on dreams Hungry for laughter and here ever after I'm after whatever the other life brings In the mirror I saw him I closely watched him I saw the look in his eyes He came to the woman who sat there beside me And slowly started to cry His big hands were calloused he looked like a mountain For a minute I thought I was dead But he started shaking his big heart was breaking As he turned to the woman and said [Chorus:] You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille With a four hungry children and a crop in the field I've had some sad times, lived through some bad times But this time your hurtin' won't heal You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille [Verse 2:] After he left us I ordered more whiskey She said let's go have a ball From the lights of the barroom to a rented hotel room We walked without talkin' at all Lord, she was a beauty but when she came to me She must've thought that I'd lost my mind I couldn't hold her cause the words that he told her Came back to me time after time [Chorus]