[Verse 1]

In a bar in Toledo, across from the depot

On a bars tool 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 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 shaking

His big heart was breaking

He turned to the woman and said

[Chorus]

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

I've lived through some sad times

But this time the hurting won't heal

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

[Verse 2]

After he left us, I ordered more whiskey

I thought how she'd made him look small

From the lights of the barroom to the 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

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

Kept coming back time after time

[Chorus]

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

I've lived through some sad times

But this time the hurting 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

I've lived through some sad times

But this time the hurting won't heal

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille