Video Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive de Josiah And The Bonnevilles 2025 Folk Lyrics

Josiah And The Bonnevilles - Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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'll never leave Harlan alive"

[Verse 2]
Well, my granddad's dad walked down Katahrin's 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"

[Chorus]
Where the sun comеs up about 10 in the morning
And the sun goes down about 3 in thе day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinking how to get away

[Verse 3]
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
'Til a man from the northeast arrived
Waving hundred dollar bills, he said, "I'll pay you for your minerals"
But he never left Harlan alive

[Verse 4]
Well, Granny, she sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
To a farm where Big Richland River winds
And they danced them a jig and laughed and sang a new song
"Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive?"
[Verse 5]
But the times, they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And old Granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal, sent the money back to Granny
But he never left Harlan alive

[Chorus]
Where the sun comes up about 10 in the morning
And the sun goes down about 3 in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinking how to get away
Where the sun comes up about 10 in the morning
And the sun goes down about 3 in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave