Harlan County Highway

歌詞

I was born one stormy night Then a hard rain started fallin' Daddy died inside a mine Mama cried but she kept goin' I left school for a job Mama begged me not to take Of running Kentucky shine Down the Harlan County Highway And then I married Lorraine She gave our baby my name Lord, that woman tried More with each passing day What started out as heaven Got lost along the way So I turned off Down the Harlan County Highway Way down in Louisville Where the ponies run Where a man can turn a dollar Into a hundred on a hunch He can buy his dreams Or heaven for a smile Temptation calls from every corner Seven corners in a mile Shackled to a highway call My bones ache to keep rovin' I'm standin' in the cold With all my cards a showin' What's the use of runnin' ? And nothing but runnin' left to do Look for me cause I'll be a comin' Or a goin', one of the two