Intro :
W hen I was young and full of dreams
M y whole life in front of me.
B ut things are not always the way they seem
S ome dreams just don't come true.
F utures so bright so everyone said
M ade more money than my poppa eve r did
H e was the answer for whi ch I'd prayed
W hen the industr y comes to town.
Ma rried a girl from Poetry Bridge
R aised a family of Cajun kids
N obody did no better than we did
B ut things can always cha nge.
M y pappa'd been a trapper living hand to mouth
B ut when I made shop foreman I had it al l figured out
I thanked god each and ev eryday
W hen the industr y came to town.
S unset on Louis ianne
T he sun going down on the promise d land
I 've given you everything I can
I 've got nothing left to lose.
M y sister lost her baby premature
A nd my papa got the sickness that got no cure
W hat they told us about i t at the plant
W e could not be sure.
M y boy went to College down in Baton Roug e
C ame back talkin' bout the old Bayou
S ure the fish don't bite like they used to
S ince the indust ry come to town
S unset on Louis ianne
T he sun going down on the promise d land
I 've given you everything I can
I 've got nothing left to lose.
Smokestacks burning on the river
F rom New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
H ow can I go on believing '
W hen they won't tell me t he truth.
I take my grand son fishing down at Campa nia Pass
I hope some of this beauty will l ast
B ut lord it's changing so damn fast'
E ach and every day.
I love the river and I love the swamp
T he snowy egret and the old bullf rog
B ut they're harder to fin d one and all
S ince the indust ry came to town.
S unset on Louis ianne
T he sun going down on the promise d land
I 've given you everything I can
S ince the Indust ry come to town'
S ince the Indust ry' Come' To town
