Karaoké You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive 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

Well my granddad's dad walked down Katahrins 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 mornin'

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

No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains 'till a man from the Northeast arrived

Wavin' hundred dollar bills

He said I'll pay ya 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 sellin'

And old 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 mornin'

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

And the sun comes up about ten in the mornin'

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 diggin' 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 will never leave

Harlan alive