Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Leaving Louisiana, artist - Shovels & Rope. Album song Busted Jukebox, Volume 1, in the genre Иностранная авторская песня
Date of issue: 19.11.2015
Record label: Dualtone
Song language: English
Leaving Louisiana |
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. |