Lucille Lyrics
bar stool she took off her ring
I thought i'd get closer so I walked on over I
sat down and asked her name
When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no
quitter but I finally quit livin' on dreams
I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after I'm
after what-ever 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 be-side 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 lived through some sad times but
this time your hurting won't heal
you picked a fine time to leave me Lucille.
made him look small
From the lights of the bar room to a rented ho-tel 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 'cos the words that he told her kept
coming back time after time
My Interpretation:
So the person narrating the song is in a bar & sees a good looking woman who takes off her wedding ring, so he takes the opportunity to chat her up. She says that she is fed up with her life & wants some excitement. Meanwhile a huge man comes up & addresses the woman (Lucille), "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille" Lucille had left this man at a bad time in his life (at some previous time I should imagine). The man then leaves the situation but it is obvious he was broken. The narrator then carries on with his pursuit of the woman & proceeds to a hotel room with the Lucille to spend the night with her. but the narrator's conscience is bothering him that this woman is deliberately cheating & being cruel & unfaithful to her partner, this taints the situation & he can't go through with it. It appears to me as though the narrator can't do to another man what he wouldn't want to happen to himself
Don't know if other places do this but in Ohio State bars when he sings the line "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille"... the entire bar yells "slut, bitch, fucking whore" or something like that. Rather funny
@defunct NOW that we know how the boors and red-necks behave I'm proud to stay that I live in a country where - above all else - politeness, inoffensiveness and good manners prevail. I choose HERE, thank-you. ( MY country also controls guns. I'm doubting about yours, sir or ma'am.)
@defunct NOW that we know how the boors and red-necks behave I'm proud to stay that I live in a country where - above all else - politeness, inoffensiveness and good manners prevail. I choose HERE, thank-you. ( MY country also controls guns. I'm doubting about yours, sir or ma'am.)
I'm on Lucille's side. Seems that her husband doesn't want a wife, lover, companion: he wants an unpaid child minder and farm labourer.
Regardless of if he wanted a wife or not or if it was a good marriage, they were clearly still married. Marriage is a commitment, if you don’t want commitment, don’t get married. Simple.
although its now like something i'm doin, why bother commentin if you're only gonna run down the singer or the song. grow up. great song, full of emotion. could be based on sum kinda experience in Kenny's like but den again maybe not like.
This is one of the greatest country songs ever written. Hal Bynum wrote this masterpeice, and Kenny Rogers elevated into a classic. As the 1977 CMA Song of the year, this hit topped the country charts for several weeks.
This song was popular when I was a little kid. I'm 40 now. I always thought he said, "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, 400 children and a crop in the field." It's "4 hungry children". I just thought he was exaggerating to make a point.
I couldn't hold her 'cos the words that told her Kept coming back time after time<<
Best line from the song. The protagonist realizes that if she can do that to a man she married, that speaks volumes about the kind of person she is. Once a tramp, always a tramp! He uses his rational mind to override his emotions and stop himself from being seduced by her sex appeal.
@Karakalpak Misogynistic comment about a misogynistic song. Yeah, she alone is bad and nasty. All good in her life, the ungrateful bitch. Please.
@Karakalpak Misogynistic comment about a misogynistic song. Yeah, she alone is bad and nasty. All good in her life, the ungrateful bitch. Please.
Don't know if other places do this but in Ohio State bars when he sings the line "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille"... the entire bar yells "slut, bitch, fucking whore" or something like that. Rather funny
i wonder how many time good ol' kenny got laid after singing this song? probably about as many times as i went to his restaurant.. bout 3 times....