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