The Oak Ridge Boys - Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight lyrics

Mary took to running with a travelling man
Left her momma crying with her
Head in her hands
Such a sad case, so broken hearted
She say, momma, gotta go
Gotta get outta here
Gotta get outta town, tired of hanging 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 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 travelling man
If she hadn't started taking
Those crazy chances she say, daughter
Let me tell you 'bout the travelling' 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 goin’ 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

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