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[Verse 1]
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Mary took to running with a travelin' man
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Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
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Such a sad case, so broken hearted
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She say, momma, I got to go, gotta get outta here
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I gotta get out of town, I'm tired of hanging around
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I gotta roll on between the ditches
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It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
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'Round and around nobody knows but the highway
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Goes on forever, that ol' highway rolls on forever.


[Verse 2]
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Lord, she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk
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If she hadn't started running with a travelin' man
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If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances
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She say, daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind
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Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time
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He'll be long gone before you know it
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He'll be long gone before you know it.

[Chorus]
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She say, never have I known it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
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Never have I done it when it looked so right
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Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight.

[Verse]
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This is down in the swampland, anything goes
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It's alligator bait and the bars don't close
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It's the real thing down in Louisiana
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Did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad
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When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
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It gets real hot down in Louisiana
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The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
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He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
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It ain't no time for lengthy speeches
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There ain't no time for lengthy speeches.

[Chorus]
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She say, never have I known it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
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Never have I done it when it looked so right
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Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight.

[Verse]
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It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
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'Round and around nobody knows but the highway
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Goes on forever, that ol' highway rolls on forever.