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WGhen I was young and full of dreams C(add9)
MGy whole life in front of me. C
BCut things are not always the wayG they seem
SGome dreams just don't come true.D
FGutures so bright so everyone said C(add9)
MGade more money than my poppa eveCr did
HCe was the answer for whiGch I'd prayed
WChen the DindustrC(add9)y comes to town.
MaGrried a girl from Poetry Bridge C(add9)
RGaised a family of Cajun Ckids
NCobody did no better thanG we did
BGut things can always chaDnge.
MGy pappa'd been a trapper living hand to mouth C(add9)
BGut when I made shop foreman I had it alCl figured out
IC thanked god each and evGeryday
WChen the DindustrC(add9)y came to town.
SC(add9)unset on LouisGianne
TChe sun going down on the promiseDd land
IC(add9)'ve given you everythingG I can
IC've got DnothingC(add9) left to lose.
MGy sister lost her baby premature C(add9)
AGnd my papa got the sickness that got no Ccure
WChat they told us about iGt at the plant
WGe could not be sure. D
MGy boy went to College down in Baton RougC(add9)e
CGame back talkin' bout the old Bayou C
SCure the fish don't bite Glike they used to
SCince theD industC(add9)ry come to town
SC(add9)unset on LouisGianne
TChe sun going down on the promiseDd land
IC(add9)'ve given you everythingG I can
IC've got DnothingC(add9) left to lose.
CSmokestacks burning on the riverG
FAmrom New Orleans to Baton Rouge.D
HCow can I go on believingG '
WFhen they won't tell me tDhe truth.
IG take my grand son fishing down at CampaC(add9)nia Pass
IG hope some of this beauty will lCast
BCut lord it's changing Gso damn fast'
EGach and every day. D
IG love the river and I love the swamp C(add9)
TGhe snowy egret and the old bullfCrog
BCut they're harder to finGd one and all
SCince theD industC(add9)ry came to town.
SC(add9)unset on LouisGianne
TChe sun going down on the promiseDd land
IC(add9)'ve given you everythingG I can
SCince theD IndustCry come to town'
SCince theD IndustCry' Come' To town