You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive Lyrics - Part Ii - Brad Paisley

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' 

When my granddad's dad walked down Catron'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? 

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 drinkin' 

And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away 

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Well 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 you for your minerals 

But he never left Harlan alive 

Well granny, she 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 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 ole 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 drinkin' 

And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away 

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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 digging coal from the bottom of your grave 

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'