Lucille

Words and Music by Roger Bowling

Performed by Kenny Rogers 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, 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:

Performed by Daniel O'Donnell 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 This time your hurting 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 'cause the words that he told her Kept coming back time after time.