Lyrics Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight - Live - Emmylou Harris

Oh Mary, took to runnin', with a traveling man
Left her momma crying, with her head, in her hands
Such a sad case, so brokenhearted

She say, "Momma, got to go, got to get out of here
Got to get out of town, tired of hanging around
I got to roll on, between the ditches"

It's just an ordinary story, about the way things go
Around 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
Hadn't started runnin', with a traveling man
If she hadn't started taking, those crazy chances

She said, "Daughter, let me tell you, 'bout the traveling 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 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, where 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 going to get killed
He's going to have to get it, or a shotgun will
It ain't no time, for lengthy speeches
Lord, it ain't no time, for lengthy speeches

She say, "Never have I known it, when it felt so good
Never ever 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, about the way things go
Around and around, nobody knows
But the highway, goes on forever
There ain't no way, to stop the water