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, 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 say, "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, 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      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 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"      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"      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