You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive (Album Version)
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive （Version ）-Patty Loveless
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 granddad's dad walked down
Katahrins Mountain
And he asked Tillie Helton 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
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
'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
Waving hundred dollar bills he
Said I'll pay ya for your minerals
But he never left Harlan alive
Granny sold out cheap and
They moved out west
Of Pineville
To a farm where big Richland
River winds
I bet they danced them a jig
Laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
But the times got hard and
Tobacco wasn't selling
And 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
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
You will never leave Harlan alive
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive (Album Version)LRC歌词
[00:00.00]You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive （Version ）-Patty Loveless
[00:16.660]In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
[00:26.30]That's the place where I trace my bloodline
[00:34.140]And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
[00:43.280]You will never leave Harlan alive
[00:55.10]Oh my granddad's dad walked down
[01:00.740]Katahrins Mountain
[01:03.40]And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
[01:10.470]Said won't you walk with me out of the mouth
[01:16.610]Of this holler
[01:18.380]Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
[01:25.290]Where the sun comes up
[01:29.230]About ten in the morning
[01:32.770]And the sun goes down
[01:36.340]About three in the day
[01:39.430]And you fill your cup with whatever
[01:44.350]Bitter brew you're drinking
[01:46.470]And you spend your life just
[01:49.360]Thinkin'of how to get away
[01:55.870]No one ever knew there was
[02:00.270]Coal in them mountains
[02:03.710]'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
[02:10.770]Waving hundred dollar bills he
[02:14.770]Said I'll pay ya for your minerals
[02:18.600]But he never left Harlan alive
[02:29.40]Granny sold out cheap and
[02:32.660]They moved out west
[02:34.950]Of Pineville
[02:36.240]To a farm where big Richland
[02:38.760]River winds
[02:42.740]I bet they danced them a jig
[02:46.30]Laughed and sang a new song
[02:49.420]Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
[03:25.880]But the times got hard and
[03:29.790]Tobacco wasn't selling
[03:33.150]And ole granddad knew
[03:35.220]What he'd do to survive
[03:39.760]He went and dug for Harlan coal
[03:43.380]And sent the money back to granny
[03:47.560]But he never left Harlan alive
[03:55.869]Where the sun comes up
[03:59.979]About ten in the morning
[04:03.769]And the sun goes down
[04:07.749]About three in the day
[04:11.349]And you fill your cup with
[04:15.779]Whatever bitter brew you're drinking
[04:18.859]And you spend your life just
[04:23.858]You will never leave Harlan alive
