Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Song Lyrics and Chords
Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Song Lyrics and Chords by The Oak Ridge Boys
Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight
Recorded by the Oak Ridge Boys
Written by Rodney Crowell and Donavan Cowart
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Mary took to running with a traveling man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a
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sad case so broken
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hearted
She said momma I got to go I gotta get out of here
I gotta get out of town I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta
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roll on between the
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It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
Round and round nobody knows
But the
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highway goes on
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forever
That old
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highway rolls on
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forever
Lord she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a traveling man
If she
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hadn't started taking those crazy
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She said daughter let me tell you bout the traveling kind
Everywhere he's going such a very short time
He'll be
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long gone before you know
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it
He'll be
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long gone before you know
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it
She said
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never have I known it when it
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felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I
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knew I could
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looked so right
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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
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real thing down in Louisi
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ana
Did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets
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real hot down in Louisi
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ana
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
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no time for lengthy
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There ain't
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no time for lengthy
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speeches
Repeat #4 x2
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight?
- The song Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight was sang by The Oak Ridge Boys.
Who is The Oak Ridge Boys?
- The Oak Ridge Boys is an American country and gospel vocal quartet. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music.The lineup which produced their most well-known country and crossover hits (such as "Elvira" (1981), "Bobbie Sue" (1982), and "American Made" (1983) consists of Duane Allen (lead), Joe Bonsall (tenor), William Lee Golden (baritone), and Richard Sterban (bass). Golden and Allen joined the group in the mid-1960s, and Sterban and Bonsall joined in the early 1970s. Aside from an eight-year gap (1987-95) when Golden left the group and was replaced, this lineup has been together since 1973 and continues to tour and record.
