Hands Down Lucille - Tom House

Hands down Lucille now here’s the deal

No one has to know how’s it really feel

When Jake he died she cried and cried

Til there was nothing left of her inside

Now her mother came The preacher too

But there was nothing really they could do

Most thought they knew her well it’s true

But there’s so many ways the days our lives can lead us to

Somewhere there ain’t nothing left at all

Find our way home once we’ve fallen

So far it’s like echoes way off calling

Lucille she ain’t answering to no one from that night on

Hands down Lucille now here’s the deal

No one has to know how’s it really feel

When Jake he died she cried and cried

Til there was nothing left of her inside

Now a woman’s lips can be so soft and her touch how often

Lucille dreamed them arms around her whispers say it all so sweet

And she can’t fight it she ain’t free To be who she wants to be

And it’s all been lies and deceit so long she’s been offering him

And it’s that sin can’t call its name

Late that night he came in on them

He can‘t believe it this ain‘t right

«It's in the Bible’s» all he could say

And words and blood ran hot then red

Twenty years like death and dying

Lucille hit him hard his head

They jumped him, beating on him pounding

Held him down and smothered him

Wrapped him tight they covered him

Blinking back hard that last tear

He was fighting struggling his way clear

He looked her right dead in the eye

Then he quit trying he just didn’t care

She was lost and swimming her eyes

Way off out there somewhere

Hands down Lucille now here’s the deal

No one has to know how’s it really feel

When Jake he died she cried and cried

Til there was nothing left of her inside

Now there’s rumors just what happened

Ain’t no way to prove a thing

They found Lucille screaming crying and laughing

No one dare imagine different

And ol' Doc Johnson and his wife Flo

They took Lucille in and don’t you know

It’s a pity and a shame she sits so quiet and so still

All them shots and all them pills

So she don’t have to deal what’s real or ever have to feel

Nothing at all now and she probably never will

Tell the truth you go to jail Say a prayer and go to hell

And there’s a horror hers from here on out she knows too well

Hands down Lucille now here’s the deal

No one has to know how’s it really feel

When Jake he died she cried and cried

Til there was nothing left of her inside