Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Lucille

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In a bar in Toledo across from the depot  

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On a barstool she took off her ring  

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I thought I'd get closer  so I walked on over  

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I sat down and asked her her name  

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When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no quitter  

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But I finally quit living on dreams  

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I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after  

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I'm after whatever the other life brings  

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In the mirror I saw him,  I closely watched him  

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I thought how he looked out of place  

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He came to the woman who sat there beside me  

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He had a strange look on his face  

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The big hands were calloused,  he looked like a mountain  

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For a minute I thought I was dead  

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But he started shaking his big heart was breaking  

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He turned to the woman and said  

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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille  

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With four hungry children and a crop in the field  

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I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times  

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But this time your hurting wouldn't heal  

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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille  

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After he left us I ordered more whiskey  

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I thought how she'd made him look small  

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

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We walked without talking at all  

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She was a beauty but when she came to me  

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She must have thought I'd lost my mind  

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

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Kept coming back time after time  

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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille  

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With four hungry children and a crop in the field  

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I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times  

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But this time your hurting wouldn't heal  

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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille