Oak Ridge Boys Lyrics

Album: Unknown

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight

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, 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 chances 

 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 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 

 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.