Darrell Scott - You ll Never Leave Harlan Alive

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:03.76]In the deep dark hills [00:07.29]Of eastern kentucky [00:12.47]That's the place where [00:14.28]I trace my bloodline [00:19.74]And it's there I read [00:23.02]On a hillside gravestone [00:28.75]You will never leave harlan alive [00:39.34]Well my grandad's dad walked down [00:43.62]Katahrin's mountain [00:46.11]And he asked tillie helton [00:48.89]To be his bride [00:52.07]He said won't you walk with [00:54.35]Me out of the mouth of this holler [00:59.45]Or we'll never leave harlan alive [01:05.42]Where the sun comes up about [01:09.86]Ten in the morning [01:11.91]And the sun goes down [01:16.08]About three in the day [01:18.71]And you fill your cup with [01:21.94]Whatever bitter brew your drinking [01:25.20]And you spend your life just [01:28.60]Thinking how to get away [01:33.95]No one ever knew there was [01:37.73]Coal in them mountains [01:40.56]Til a man from the northeast arrived [01:46.71]Waving hundred dollar bills [01:49.46]He said I'll pay you for your minerals [01:53.52]But he never left harlan alive [02:06.37]Well granny she sold out cheap [02:09.18]Moved out west to pineville [02:12.40]To a farm where big richland river winds [02:18.29]And I'll bet they danced them a jig [02:21.12]And they laughed and sang a new song [02:24.83]Who said we'd never leave harlan alive [03:03.38]But the times they got hard [03:06.23]And tobacco wasn't selling [03:09.43]And old granddad knew what [03:11.63]He'd do to survive [03:15.49]He went and dug for harlan coal [03:18.97]And sent the money back to granny [03:22.58]But he never left harlan alive [03:28.73]Where the sun comes up about [03:33.21]Ten in the morning [03:35.33]And the sun goes down [03:39.63]About three in the day [03:42.45]And you fill your cup with [03:46.02]Whatever bitter brew your drinking [03:49.32]And you spend your life just [03:53.28]Thinking how to get away [03:56.16]Where the sun comes up about [04:00.62]Ten in the morning [04:02.73]And the sun goes down [04:06.70]About three in the day [04:09.43]And you fill your cup with [04:12.59]Whatever bitter brew your drinking [04:15.50]And you spend your life [04:18.10]Even go from the butter of your rain [04:25.54]In the deep dark hills [04:29.05]Of eastern kentucky [04:33.93]That's the place where [04:35.87]I trace my bloodline [04:42.25]And it's there I read [04:45.75]On a hillside gravestone [04:50.18]You will never leave harlan alive