In a bar 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 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 "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 hurtin' won't heal You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille 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 comin' back time after time
In a bar 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 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 "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 hurtin' won't heal You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille 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 comin' back time after time
