Leaving Louisiana In the Broad Daylight

Mary took to runnin' with a travelin' man

Left her mama cryin' with her head in her hands

Such a sad case

So broken hearted

She say, "Mama, gotta go, gotta get outta here

Gotta get outta town, tired of hangin' around

I gotta roll on between the ditches"

Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go

Round and around, nobody knows

But the highway goes on forever

That old highway rolls on forever

Lord, she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk

If she hadn't started runnin' with a travelin' man

If she hadn't started takin' those crazy chances

She say, "Daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind

Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time

He'll be long gone before you know it

He'll be long gone before you know it"

She say, "Never have I known it when it felt so good

Never have I knew it when I knew I could

Never have I done it when it looked so right

Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

This is down in the swampland, anything goes

It's alligator bait and the bars don't close

It's the real thing down in Louisiana

Did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad?

When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad?

It gets real hot down in Louisiana

The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed

He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will

It ain't no time for lengthy speeches

There ain't no time for lengthy speeches

She say, "Never have I known it when it felt so good

Never have I knew it when I knew I could

Never have I done it when it looked so right

Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

She say, "Never have I known it when it felt so good

Never have I knew it when I knew I could

Never have I done it when it looked so right

Leavin' Louisiana in the broad daylight"

Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go

Round and around, nobody knows

But the highway goes on forever

That old highway rolls on forever

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