You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
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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'll never leave Harlan alive
Well my granddad's dad walked down Catherine's Mountain
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
He said "Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler?
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
Then you spend your life just thinking how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
'Til 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, she sold out cheap and they moved out west to Pineville
To a farm where Big Richland River winds
And they danced them a jig and laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive?
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal, sent the money back to Granny
But he never left 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
Then you spend your life just thinking how to get away
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
Then you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You'll never leave Harlan alive
Well my granddad's dad walked down Catherine's Mountain
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
He said "Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler?
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
Then you spend your life just thinking how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
'Til 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, she sold out cheap and they moved out west to Pineville
To a farm where Big Richland River winds
And they danced them a jig and laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive?
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal, sent the money back to Granny
But he never left 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
Then you spend your life just thinking how to get away
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
Then you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave