Leaving Louisana In The Broad Daylight
Rodney Crowell

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Mary took to running with a travelin' man
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Left her mama crying with her head in her hands
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Such a sad case, so broken hearted

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She say, mama, I got to go, gotta get out of here
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I gotta get out of town, I'm tired of hangin' around
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I gotta roll on between the ditches

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It's just an ordinary story about the way things go
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Round and around, nobody knows
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But the highway goes on forever
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That old highway goes on forever

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Lord, she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk
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If she hadn't started runnin' with a travelin' man
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If she hadn't started takin' those crazy chances

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She said, daughter, let me tell you about the travelin' kind
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Everywhere he's going such a very short time
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He'll be long gone before you know it
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He'll be long gone before you know it

BRIDGE:
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She said, never have I known it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
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Never have I done it when it looked so right
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Leavin' Louisiana in the broad daylight

BREAK ONE VERSE

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This is down in the swamp land, anything goes
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Its alligator bait and the bars don't close
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It's the real thing down in Louisiana
 
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Did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad?
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When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad?
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It gets real hot down in Louisiana

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Now the stranger better move it or hes gonna get killed
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Gonna have to move it or the shotgun will
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There aint no time for lengthy speeches
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There aint no time for lengthy speeches

CHORUS (REPEAT TWICE):
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She said, never have I known it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
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Never have I done it when it looked so right
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Leavin' Louisiana in the broad daylight

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It's just an ordinary story about the way things go
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Round and around, nobody knows
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But the highway goes on forever
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There aint no way to stop the water