(Rodney Crowell)
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 say 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 `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 said 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, 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
Now 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 said never have I know 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
She said never have I know 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
There ain`t no way to stop the water
