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, I got to get out of here
I got to get out of town; I'm tired of hanging around
I got to roll on between the ditches"
It's just an ordinary story about 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 travelin' man
If she hadn't started taking those crazy changes
She say, "Daughter, let me tell you about the travelin' 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, 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 going to get killed
He's going to 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 know 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