You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive
Oh my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Where 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 mornin'
And the sun goes down
about three in the day
And you'll fill your cup
with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
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 you for your minerals
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up
about ten in the mornin'
And the sun goes down
about three in the day
And you'll fill your cup
with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
And you spend your life
just thinkin' of how to get away
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive
Oh my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Where 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 mornin'
And the sun goes down
about three in the day
And you'll fill your cup
with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
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 you for your minerals
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up
about ten in the mornin'
And the sun goes down
about three in the day
And you'll fill your cup
with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
And you spend your life
just thinkin' of how to get away
Credits
Writer(s): Darrell Scott
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- It’s All over Now, Baby Blue
- Crazy
- Follow the Moon - Single (feat. Stephen Robert Phillips) - Single
- The Book Woman's Daughter
- Teardrop Trailer
- You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Single
- You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
- Ain’t Got Your Money
- Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
- Ain't No Grave (Live in Harlan County)
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