Emmylou Harris Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Lyrics

Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Lyrics

(Rodney Crowell/Donivan Cowart)
  
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 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 `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 travelin man 

If she hadn`t started taking those crazy changes 
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 

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 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 `bout the way things go 
Round and around nobody knows, but the highway goes on forever 
There ain`t no way to stop the water