Oh Mary, took to runnin', with a traveling manLeft her momma crying, with her head, in her handsSuch a sad case, so brokenheartedShe say, "Momma, got to go, got to get out of hereGot to get out of town, tired of hanging aroundI got to roll on, between the ditches"It's just an ordinary story, about the way things goAround and around, nobody knowsBut the highway, goes on foreverOh, that old highway, goes on foreverLord, she never would've done it, if she hadn't got drunkHadn't started runnin', with a traveling manIf she hadn't started taking, those crazy chancesShe said, "Daughter, let me tell you, 'bout the traveling kindEverywhere they go, such a very short timeHe'll be long gone, before you know itOh, he'll be long gone, before you know it"She say, "Never have I known it, when it felt so goodNever have I knew it, when I knew I couldNever have I done it, when it looked so rightLeaving Louisiana, in the broad daylight"This is down in the swampland, where anything goesIt's alligator bait, and the bars, don't closeIt's the real thing, down in LouisianaDid you ever see a Cajun, when he really got mad?When he really got trouble, like a daughter gone badIt gets real hot, down in LouisianaThe stranger better move it, or he's going to get killedHe's going to have to get it, or a shotgun willIt ain't no time, for lengthy speechesLord, it ain't no time, for lengthy speechesShe say, "Never have I known it, when it felt so goodNever ever knew it, when I knew I couldNever have I done it, when it looked so rightLeaving Louisiana, in the broad daylight"Leaving Louisiana, in the broad daylight"It's just an ordinary story, about the way things goAround and around, nobody knowsBut the highway, goes on foreverThere ain't no way, to stop the water
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Emmylou Harris (Birmingham, Alabama, 2 de abril de 1947) es una cantautora de country estadounidense. Además de su trabajo como solista y componente de algunas bandas, en las que cantaba tanto canciones de otros compositores como suyas propias, también ha…
