You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive lyrics
Song information
Artist: Brad Paisley
Album: Love Ya
Lyrics
In the deep dark hills of eastern kentucky
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave harlan alive
Well my grandfather's dad crossed the cumberland mountains
And he took a pretty girl to be his bride
He said won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
Or we'll never leave harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
Till a man from the northeast arrived
Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay for your minerals
But he never left harlan alive
Well granny sold out cheap and they moved out west to pineville
To a farm where big richland river winds
I bet they danced them a jig and laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave harlan alive
[ fiddle ]
Well the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
Ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for harlan coal and sent the money back to granny
But he never left harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning..
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
In the deep dark hells of eastern kentucky..
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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