Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight lyrics

Mary took to runnin` with a traveling man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a sad case, so broken hearted
She say, momma, I gotta go gotta get outta here
Gotta get outta town, I`m tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the ditches
It`s just an ordinary story `bout the way things go
`Round and around, nobody knows but the highway
Goes on forever, that ol` highway goes on forever

Lord, she never woulda 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, daugher, 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 felt so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

It`s just an ordinary story `bout the way things go
`Round and around nobody knows but the highway
Goes on forever, that ol` highway rolls on forever
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