Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight

"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived
B-side"I Gotta Get Over This"
ReleasedDecember 1, 1979
GenreCountry
Length2:59
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Rodney Crowell, Donivan Cowart
Producer(s)Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Dream On"
(1979)
"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight"
(1979)
"Trying to Love Two Women"
(1980)

"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.