You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Haley Sheeler

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 Saying: "You will never leave Harlan alive" Oh, my granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth Of this holler Or we'll never leave Harlan alive Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning And the sun goes down about three in the day And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away 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 ya for your minerals But he never left Harlan alive Granny soldout cheap and the move out west of Pineville To a farm where big Richland River winds I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive He went and dug for Harlan coal And sent the money back to granny But he never left Harlan alive Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning And the sun goes down about three 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 Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning And the sun goes down about three 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 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 Saying: "You will never leave Harlan alive"

Intro: I careless 'bout workers of iniquity Rastafari is my Security Chimney Chorus: Inna mi going out and coming in(uhh) Never leave I Jah Jah(Never leave I Jah Jah) Keep me far from vampires Inna mi going out and coming in(coming in) Keep me by your write hand And keep me far from Satan Verse One: Haile! Walk with me, talk to me Show me the thoughts in dem hearts fi me(uhhhhh uhhh) Me deh pon mi journey, dem can't see Dem a pray fi see mi car right off wid me Be a shield fi me, reveal to me The bad card, weh dem a deal and gimme You never hesitate fi bus di seal fi me Haile, Haile! Chorus: Inna mi going out and when mi forward in(ah!) Never leave I Jah Jah(Never leave I Jah Jah) A keep me far from vampires Inna mi going out and coming in(coming in) Keep me far from demons And keep me far from Satan Verse Two: More time me caah believe, feel for greed, Flesh dem a tear and dem coming at me Me think a joke, but now the jokes on me Stay with me, Haile-I clear the stage fi me, Dem smile inna mi face An a dig a grave fi mi So wen mi touch di road Jah Jah a rave wid me Chorus: Inna mi going out and coming in(uhh) Never leave I Jah Jah(Never leave I Jah Jah) Keep me far from vultures Inna mi going out and coming in(coming in) Keep me by your write hand And keep me far from Satan Refrain: Heeeeyy I man care less 'bout workers of iniquity Rastafari is my security, hey An me a strive wid those, wa strive wid me Fight against dem, wey a fight 'gainst me Chimney Ahhh, singy Chorus: Inna mi going out and coming in(hey!) Never leave I Jah Jah(Never leave I Jah Jah) Keep me far from vultures And when mi going out and when mi forward in Keep me by your write hand And keep me far from demons Repeat Verse One

Sometimes I feel like I'm from another world And everything I want in life seems impossible Cause people they'll tear you apart But in the bottom of our hearts The dream's alive inside And we won't forget So we say... You can't bleed Can't touch Can't take us down (We run this town!) We stand, we'll fight, set fires all night You'll never take us alive Wa ooh-ooh... Wa ooh-ooh... You'll never take us alive Wa ooh-ooh... Wa ooh-ooh... You'll never take us alive For the last time I'll give myself to the enemy By letting their words just walk all over me Cause people they'll tear you apart If you are not like them And we are different Let the war begin So we say... You can't bleed Can't touch Can't take us down (We run this town!) We stand, we'll fight, set fires all night You'll never take us alive Wa ooh-ooh... Wa ooh-ooh... You'll never take us alive Wa ooh-ooh... Wa ooh-ooh... You'll never take us alive There's no fear inside This is our time, no giving up When we connect our hearts, to our minds There's no stopping us So we say... You can't bleed Can't touch Can't take us down (We run this town!) We stand, we'll fight, set fires all night You'll never take us alive Wa ooh-ooh... Wa ooh-ooh... You'll never take us alive Wa ooh-ooh... Wa ooh-ooh... You'll never take us alive