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[Verse 1]
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Mary took to running with a traveling man
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Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
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Such a sad case 
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so broken hearted
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She said momma I got to go I gotta get out of 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 
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between the ditches
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It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
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Round and round nobody knows
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But the highway 
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goes on forever
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That old highway 
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rolls on forever
 
[Verse 2]
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Lord she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk
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If she hadn't started running with a traveling man
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If she hadn't started taking 
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those crazy chances
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She said daughter let me tell you bout the traveling kind
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Everywhere he's going such a very short time
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He'll be long gone
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before you know it
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He'll be long gone 
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before you know it
 
[Chorus]
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She said 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
 
[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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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
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 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
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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 
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for lengthy speeches
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There ain't no time 
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for lengthy speeches
 
[Chorus]
         C#m                            B7
She said 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
 
[Chorus]
         C#m                            B7
She said never have I known it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
C#m                           B7
Never have I done it when it looked so right
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Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
 
[Verse 4]  
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It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
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Round and round nobody knows
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But the highway 
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goes on forever
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That old highway 
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rolls on forever
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