《You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Patty Loveless

[00:00:16] In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky

[00:00:26] That's the place where I trace my bloodline

[00:00:34] And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone

[00:00:43] You will never leave Harlan alive

[00:00:55] Oh my granddad's dad walked down

[00:01:00] Katahrins Mountain

[00:01:03] And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride

[00:01:10] Said won't you walk with me out of the mouth

[00:01:16] Of this holler

[00:01:18] Or we'll never leave Harlan alive

[00:01:25] Where the sun comes up

[00:01:29] About ten in the morning

[00:01:32] And the sun goes down

[00:01:36] About three in the day

[00:01:39] And you fill your cup with whatever

[00:01:44] Bitter brew you're drinking

[00:01:46] And you spend your life just

[00:01:49] Thinkin' of how to get away

[00:01:55] No one ever knew there was

[00:02:00] Coal in them mountains

[00:02:03] 'Til a man from the Northeast arrived

[00:02:10] Waving hundred dollar bills he

[00:02:14] Said I'll pay ya for your minerals

[00:02:18] But he never left Harlan alive

[00:02:29] Granny sold out cheap and

[00:02:32] They moved out west

[00:02:34] Of Pineville

[00:02:36] To a farm where big Richland

[00:02:38] River winds

[00:02:42] I bet they danced them a jig

[00:02:46] Laughed and sang a new song

[00:02:49] Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive

[00:03:25] But the times got hard and

[00:03:29] Tobacco wasn't selling

[00:03:33] And ole granddad knew

[00:03:35] What he'd do to survive

[00:03:39] He went and dug for Harlan coal

[00:03:43] And sent the money back to granny

[00:03:47] But he never left Harlan alive

[00:03:55] Where the sun comes up

[00:03:59] About ten in the morning

[00:04:03] And the sun goes down

[00:04:07] About three in the day

[00:04:11] And you fill your cup with

[00:04:15] Whatever bitter brew you're drinking

[00:04:18] And you spend your life just

[00:04:23] You will never leave Harlan alive