Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
| "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" | ||||
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| Single by The Oak Ridge Boys | ||||
| from the album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived | ||||
| B-side | "I Gotta Get Over This" | |||
| Released | December 1, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rodney Crowell, Donivan Cowart | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Chancey | |||
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"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" is a song written by Rodney Crowell and Donivan Cowart. The song was initially covered by Emmylou Harris (in whose band Crowell had played during the late 1970s), who included it on her 1978 Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town album.