You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Darrell Scott.mp3

[00:00.113]You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive -Darrell Scott
[00:01.209]Written by ：Darrell Scott
[00:03.765]In the deep dark hills
[00:07.294]Of eastern kentucky
[00:12.478]That's the place where
[00:14.286]I trace my bloodline
[00:19.744]And it's there I read
[00:23.22]On a hillside gravestone
[00:28.750]You will never leave harlan alive
[00:39.343]Well my grandad's dad walked down
[00:43.625]Katahrin's mountain
[00:46.111]And he asked tillie helton
[00:48.895]To be his bride
[00:52.71]He said won't you walk with
[00:54.350]Me out of the mouth of this holler
[00:59.455]Or we'll never leave harlan alive
[01:05.423]Where the sun comes up about
[01:09.864]Ten in the morning
[01:11.916]And the sun goes down
[01:16.84]About three in the day
[01:18.713]And you fill your cup with
[01:21.940]Whatever bitter brew your drinking
[01:25.204]And you spend your life just
[01:28.609]Thinking how to get away
[01:33.957]No one ever knew there was
[01:37.733]Coal in them mountains
[01:40.565]Til a man from the northeast arrived
[01:46.717]Waving hundred dollar bills
[01:49.461]He said I'll pay you for your minerals
[01:53.520]But he never left harlan alive
[02:06.379]Well granny she sold out cheap
[02:09.186]Moved out west to pineville
[02:12.405]To a farm where big richland river winds
[02:18.293]And I'll bet they danced them a jig
[02:21.127]And they laughed and sang a new song
[02:24.833]Who said we'd never leave harlan alive
[03:03.385]But the times they got hard
[03:06.231]And tobacco wasn't selling
[03:09.430]And old granddad knew what
[03:11.638]He'd do to survive
[03:15.496]He went and dug for harlan coal
[03:18.976]And sent the money back to granny
[03:22.583]But he never left harlan alive
[03:28.736]Where the sun comes up about
[03:33.216]Ten in the morning
[03:35.339]And the sun goes down
[03:39.635]About three in the day
[03:42.453]And you fill your cup with
[03:46.26]Whatever bitter brew your drinking
[03:49.322]And you spend your life just
[03:53.282]Thinking how to get away
[03:56.160]Where the sun comes up about
[04:00.622]Ten in the morning
[04:02.734]And the sun goes down
[04:06.702]About three in the day
[04:09.434]And you fill your cup with
[04:12.598]Whatever bitter brew your drinking
[04:15.507]And you spend your life
[04:18.104]Even go from the butter of your rain
[04:25.548]In the deep dark hills
[04:29.59]Of eastern kentucky
[04:33.931]That's the place where
[04:35.875]I trace my bloodline
[04:42.251]And it's there I read
[04:45.750]On a hillside gravestone
[04:50.184]You will never leave harlan alive