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“Lucille” is a popular song recorded by Kenny Rogers. Written by Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum and produced by Larry Butler.
The song tells the story of a wife and mother whom the unnamed protagonist (sung from Rogers’ point of view) meets at a bar in
Toledo, Ohio. The woman’s husband enters the bar, and though according to the song, is physically able to do the protagonist harm, he instead emotionally chastises his wife for turning her back on her family and her responsibilities and then leaves quietly. Both the woman and the protagonist later leave the bar and head to a hotel for a one-night-stand. However, the protagonist has a change of heart, as the words from the woman’s husband still haunt him.
It became Rogers’ first major hit as a solo artist after leaving the...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille ... This time the hurtin' won't heal ... With four hungry children and a crop in the field ♫
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