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