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You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

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And it's there I read on a hillside   gravestone
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You'll never leave Harlan alive.
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Oh, my grandfather's dad crossed the   Cumberland Mountains
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Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride.
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He said   "Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
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Or we'll never leave   Harlan   alive."
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Where the sun comes up, about ten in the morning
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And   the sun goes down about three in the day
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And you fill your cup whatever bitter brew you're drinking
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And you spend your life just thinking 'bout how to get away.
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No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
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Until a man   from the Northeast arrived.
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Waving hundred   dollar bills said I'll pay for your minerals
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He never left Harlan   alive.
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Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
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To a farm where big Richland River winds,
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and I'll bet they   danced them a jig
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and they laughed and sang a new song,
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"Who said we'd   never leave Harlan alive?"
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But the times, they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
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And old Granddad knew what he'd do to survive.
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He   went and dug for Harlan coal, sent the money back to Grandma
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But he never left Harlan alive.
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Where the sun comes up, about ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down, about three in the day,
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And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
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And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of the grave
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmm you'll never leave harlin alive
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                                                                            Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmm you'll never leave harlin alive