Lucille-Billy Joe Royal

[ti:Lucille] [ar:Billy Joe Royal] [al:Country Masters: Makin' Believe] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lucille - Billy Joe Royal [00:10.34]In a bar in Toledo across from the depot [00:14.85] [00:15.71]On a bar stool she took off her ring [00:18.68] [00:20.70]I thought I'd get closer [00:22.52] [00:23.42]So I walked on over [00:25.33] [00:26.13]I sat down and asked her her name [00:29.46] [00:31.19]When the drinks finally hit her [00:33.31] [00:34.03]She said I'm no quitter [00:35.84] [00:36.59]But I finally quit living on dreams [00:39.95] [00:42.07]I'm hungry for laughter [00:43.80] [00:44.66]And here ever after [00:46.43] [00:47.20]I'm after whatever the other life brings [00:51.68] [00:53.60]In the mirror I saw him [00:55.81] [00:56.41]And I closely watched him [00:58.47] [00:59.03]I thought how he looked out of place [01:01.96] [01:04.01]He came to the woman [01:06.03] [01:06.69]Who sat there beside me [01:08.62] [01:09.24]He had a strange look on his face [01:12.31] [01:14.39]The big hands were calloused [01:16.08] [01:16.79]He looked like a mountain [01:18.60] [01:19.34]For a minute I thought I was dead [01:22.54] [01:24.45]But he started shaking [01:26.14] [01:27.03]His big heart was breaking [01:28.86] [01:29.72]He turned to the woman and said [01:32.75] [01:34.55]You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille [01:37.61] [01:40.01]With four hungry children and a crop in the field [01:44.70] [01:46.82]I've had some bad times [01:48.92] [01:49.46]Lived through some sad times [01:51.97]But this time the hurtin' won't heal [01:55.16] [01:56.81]You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille [01:59.71] [02:05.22]After he left us I ordered more whiskey [02:09.17] [02:10.05]I thought how she'd made him look small [02:13.06] [02:15.13]From the lights of the barroom to the rented hotel room [02:20.54]We walked without talking at all [02:23.51] [02:25.71]She was a beauty when she came to me [02:30.26] [02:30.79]She must have thought I'd lost my mind [02:33.92] [02:36.05]I couldn't hold her for the words that he told her [02:41.09]Kept comin' back time after time [02:44.23] [02:45.88]You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille [02:49.00] [02:51.77]With four hungry children and a crop in the field [02:55.95] [02:58.19]I've had some bad times [03:00.20] [03:00.79]Lived through some sad times [03:03.25]But this time the hurtin' won't heal [03:06.25] [03:07.95]You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille [03:10.89] [03:13.00]You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille [03:15.89] [03:18.83]With four hungry children and a crop in the field [03:22.84] [03:25.14]I've had some bad times [03:27.03] [03:27.70]Lived through some sad times