Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive songtekst
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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" Oh, my granddad's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride 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 The sun goes down about three in the day And you'll fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking And you spend your life just thinking of how to get away No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains 'Til a man from the northeast arrived He was 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 Richland river winds Oh, I bet they danced them a jig and they laughed and sang a new song, who said 'We'd never leave Harlan alive'€