She said mama gotta go
Gotta get out of here
Gotta get out of town
Tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the dishes
There's an ordinary story bout the way things go
Around and around nobody knows
But the highway rolls on forever
That old highway rolls on forever
But she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a traveling man
If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances
She said daughter
Let me tell you about the traveling kind
Everywhere you go it's such a very short time
You'll be long gone before you know it
You'll be long gone before you know it
I said never have I known it when it felt so good never
Have I knew it when I knew
I could never have I done when it looked so right
Leaving louisiana in broad daylight
Did you ever see a kid when you really got mad
When you really got trouble like a daughter don't bend
It's real hard gotta be
Stranger better move it always gonna get killed
Gonna have to get it or a shotgun will ain't no
She said 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 looks so right
Leaving louisiana in the broad daylight
She said 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 an ordinary story
Bout the way things go round and round
Nobody knows but the highway goes on forever
That old highway goes on forever