[ti:You'll Never Leave Harlan Aliv] [ar:Brad Paisley] [al:Part II] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Brad Paisley [00:03.70]In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky [00:12.00]That's the place where I trace my bloodline [00:18.92]And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone [00:27.41]You will never leave Harlan alive [00:37.27]Oh my granddad's dad walked down [00:40.70]Katahrins Mountain [00:44.01]And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride [00:49.69]Said won't you walk with me out of the mouth [00:55.06]Of this holler [00:58.36]Or we'll never leave Harlan alive [01:00.36]Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning [01:10.03]And the sun goes down about three in the day [01:16.40]And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking [01:22.20]And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away [01:28.57]No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains [01:37.61]'Til a man from the Northeast arrived [01:44.17]Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay ya for your minerals [01:50.09]But he never left Harlan alive [02:04.82]Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west [02:10.68]Of Pineville [02:11.19]To a farm where big Richland River winds [02:16.24]I bet they danced them a jig laughed and sang a new song [02:22.60]Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive [02:59.54]But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling [03:06.47]And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive [03:12.46]He went and dug for Harlan coal [03:15.77]And sent the money back to granny [03:19.39]But he never left Harlan alive [03:25.69]Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning [03:31.81]And the sun goes down about three in the day [03:39.73]And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking [03:46.47]And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away [03:53.02]Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning [03:59.57]And the sun goes down about three in the day [04:06.06]And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking [04:12.93]And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave [04:24.85]In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky [04:33.27]That's the place where I trace my bloodline [04:40.82]And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone [04:50.18]You will never leave Harlan alive