Lucille

3/4 Time 

Intro 
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Forty a week at the mill making feed 
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Wasn't enough to raise my family 

Cause when the moon was up high in that south Texas sky 
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Well, I'd go down to the tavern and let it ride 
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And Lucille said she's leaving if I don't stop the gambling and the sins 

 
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I said Lord, tell me something that I don't know 
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Lord, tell me something before this life, it comes and it goes 
 

 
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Now my oldest son is now fifty-one 
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Who's dying, left so much un-done 

We ain't said it before, but we love each other more 
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Than the devil loves his fight on the floor 
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When he said it tonight, I looked into his eyes and I smiled 
 

 
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I said Lord, tell me something that I don't know 
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Lord, tell me something before this life, it comes and it goes  

Instrumental 
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Now everybody talks about the good old days 
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Let my hands tell the story, it wasn't that damn good anyway 
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Like the time in Korea, when I answered the call 
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By the time I found a home, doctor came done fixed it all 
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Swing low, sweet chariot, with your blackened skin 
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Swing low mister white man, we can both be friends 
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Fifty years of drinking sure cost me a lot 
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Spent five years in deep thinking, wish I could keep what I got 
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I would waltz across Texas with you in my arms 
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Lucille, don't you know, you're number one in my heart 
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I would waltz across Texas with you if I could 
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But Lucille the man is coming to take me home for good 
 

 
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She said Lord, tell me something that I don't know 
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Lord, tell me something before this life, it comes and it goes