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When I was young and full of dreams,
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My whole life in front of me.
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But things are not always the way they seem,
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Some dreams just don’t come true.
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Futures so bright so everyone said
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Made more money than my poppa ever did
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He was the answer for which I’d prayed
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When the industry comes to town.
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Married a girl from Poetry Bridge,
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Raised a family of Cajun kids,
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Nobody did no better than we did,
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But things can always change.
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My pappa'd been a trapper living hand to mouth,
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But when I made shop foreman, I had it all figured out,
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I thanked god each and everyday
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When the industry came to town.
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Sunset on Louisianne,
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The sun going down on the promised land,
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I’ve given you everything I can,
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I’ve got nothing left to lose.
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My sister lost her baby premature,
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And my papa got the sickness that got no cure,
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What they told us about it at the plant,
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We could not be sure.
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My boy went to College down in Baton Rouge
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Came back talkin' bout the old Bayou
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Sure the fish don’t bite like they used to
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Since the industry come to town
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Sunset on Louisianne,
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The sun going down on the promised land,
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I’ve given you everything I can,
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I’ve got nothing left to lose.
Bridge:
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Smokestacks burning on the river,
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From New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
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How can I go on believing ?
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When they won’t tell me the truth.
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I take my grand son fishing down at Campania Pass,
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I hope some of this beauty will last,
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But, lord, it’s changing so damn fast…
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Each and every day.
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I love the river and I love the swamp,
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The snowy egret and the old bullfrog,
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But they’re harder to find one and all
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Since the industry came to town.
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Sunset on Louisianne,
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The sun going down on the promised land,
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I’ve given you everything I can,
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Since the Industry come to town…
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Since the Industry… Come… To town