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Patty Loveless - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive Lyrics

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  • (Darrel Scott)
  • 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'll never leave Harlan alive"
  • Oh my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
  • Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride
  • Said "Won't you walk with me out 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
  • Said "I'll pay you for your minerals"
  • But he never left Harlan alive
  • Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pikeville
  • To a farm where Big Richaldn River winds
  • And I bet they danced them a jig
  • And they laughted and sang a new song
  • "Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive"
  • But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
  • And old grandad knew what he'd do to survive
  • He went and dug for Harlan coal
  • And sent the money back to grandma
  • 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
  • You'll never leave Harlan alive

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