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 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.
The big hands were calloused he looked like 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 a fine time to leave me Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field
I’ve had some bad times lived through some sad times
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 bar room to a rented hotel room we walked without talkin’ at all.
She was a beauty but when she came to me she must have thought I’d lost my mind
I could’nt hold her ’cause the words that he told her kept coming back time after time.
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field
I’ve had some bad times lived through some sad times
But this time your 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 a crop in the field
I’ve had some bad times lived through some sad times
But this time your hurtin’ won’t heal
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille.
1977 – Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum – Performed by Kenny Rogers – Album: Kenny Rogers