Emmylou Harris Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight

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

She say, mama gotta go - gotta get outta here
Gotta get out of town - tired of hangin' around
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
Oh, that old highway goes 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 takin' those crazy chances

She said, daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind
Everywhere they go such a very short time
He'll be long gone before you know it
Oh, he'll be long gone before you know it

She say never ever known it when it felt so good
Never ever knew it when I knew I could
Never ever done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

Well, it's down in the swamp where anything goes
It's alligator bait and the bars don't close


It's a real thing down in Louisiana

Did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad?
Really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets real hot down in Louisiana

Oh, the stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
Gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches
No, it ain't no time for lengthy speeches

She say never ever known it when it felt so good
Never ever knew it when I knew I could
Never ever done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

She say never ever known it when it felt so good
Never ever knew it when I knew I could
Never ever done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

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