Rodney Crowell - Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight lyrics

Lord, 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 said, momma, I got to go
I gotta get outta here
I gotta get out of town
I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the ditches
It's just an ordinary story about
The way things goes
'Round and around nobody knows
But the highway goes on forever
That old 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 traveling man
If she hadn't started taking
Those crazy chances she said daughter
Let me tell you about the traveling kind
Everywhere he's going 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 where anything goes
It's alligator bait and the
Bars don't close
It's the real thing down in Louisiana
Now 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
Now 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 said 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


It's just an ordinary story about
The way things go
'Round and around nobody knows
But the highway goes on forever
There ain't no way to stop the water