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Lord 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 out of 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 round nobody knows
But the highway goes on forever
That old highway rolls on forever
Lord she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a traveling man
If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances
She say daughter let me tell you bout the traveling kind
Eveywhere 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
Solo
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 a cajun when he really got mad
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 speaches
There ain't no time for lengthy speaches
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
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
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
Round and round nobody knows
But the highway goes on forever
That ain't no way to stop the water