HARLAN (Michelle Nixon & Drive)
Writer: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Co-writer: Tom T. Hall (BMI)

CHORUS: HARLAN … IS THE HEART OF KENTUCKY
HARLAN … IS THE HOME OF MY DREAMS
HARLAN … PUT THE BLUES IN THE BLUEGRASS
COAL DUST IN THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN STREAMS

VERSE 1: LONG BEFORE THE HIGHWAYS AND THE HIGHLINES
BACK LONG BEFORE THE METAL PIPES AND WIRES
PEOPLE WORKED THE LAND AND MADE THEIR LIVING
MAKING DO WITH WATER AND WITH FIRE

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VERSE 2: IT TOOK A WHILE TO UNDERSTAND THE FEELING
MY THOUGHTS COME BACK TO HARLAN ALL THE TIME
EVERY TIME I FEEL A WARM BREEZE BLOWING
I THINK OF MAMA'S WASHING ON THE LINE

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VERSE 3: MANY OF US LEFT TO WORK THE FACTORIES
SENDING MONEY HOME TO PAY THE BILLS
COMING HOME FOR FUNERALS AND CHRISTMAS
KNOWING WE WERE HOMESICK FOR THE HILLS

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VERSE 4: I CAN SMELL THE WOODSMOKE IN THE HOLLER
CHICKEN FRYING ON MY MAMA'S STOVE
ALL THE DREAMS I THOUGHT I HAD TO FOLLOW
WERE HAULED OUT OF THESE MOUNTAINS WITH THE COAL
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