Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Rodney Crowell

[Verse 1]
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 said, 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 about the way things goes
'Round and around nobody knows
But the highway goes on forever
That old highway rolls on forever

[Verse 2]
Lord she never would've 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 said daughter, let me tell you about the traveling kind
Everywhere 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

[Chorus]
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