Brad Paisley - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
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
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