Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight

Mary took to running with a travelin' man
 Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
 Such a sad case, so broken-hearted
 She say, momma, I got to go, gotta get outta here
 I gotta get out of town, I'm tired of hanging around
 I gotta roll on between the ditches
 Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go around and around
 Nobody knows but the highway goes on forever
 That ol' highway rolls on forever
 Lord, she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk
 If she hadn't started running with a travelin' man
 If she hadn't started taking 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
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 This is down in the swampland, anything goes
 It's alligator bait and the bars don't close
 It's a 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
 Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go around and around
 Nobody knows but the highway goes on forever
 That ol' highway rolls on forever