Listen to Leavin' Louisana In The Broad Day (Live) song with lyrics from Emmylou Harris

Leavin' Louisana In The Broad Day (Live)

Emmylou Harris22 Dec 2014

Leavin' Louisana In The Broad Day (Live) Lyrics

 

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