I DON'T THINK I'M GOING BACK TO HARLAN (Daughters of Bluegrass)
By: Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMIO

VERSE 1: DAD, YOU KNOW I HATE TO DISAPPOINT YOU
AFTER ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND THEN
I KNOW YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LOVING FATHER
AND MORE THAN THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN MY FRIEND
LEAVING HOME WAS HARD FOR ME TO HANDLE
GROWING UP WITH YOU I WON'T FORGET
YOU KNOW I'LL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU AND HARLAN
I LOVE YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH AND YET

CHORUS: I DON'T THINK I'M GOING BACK TO HARLAN
MY FRIENDS ARE HERE AND IT'S MY LIFE TO LIVE
I DON'T THINK I'M GOING BACK TO HARLAN
I'M SORRY DAD, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS

VERSE 2: I DON'T WAKE UP AND HEAR THE BLUEBIRDS SINGING
THERE'S NOT A MOUNTAIN HERE FOR MILES AND MILES
I KNOW I'LL MISS THE CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING
MOST OF ALL I'LL MISS MY MAMA'S SMILES
THEY SAY THE YOUNG FOLK ARE ALL LEAVING HARLAN
AND MOSTLY CAUSE WE'VE BEEN THRU COLLEGE NOW
I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF COAL LEFT IN KENTUCKY
BUT I CAN'T WORK THE COAL MINE ANYHOW

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 3: I'LL ALWAYS HAVE MY MEMORIES OF HARLAN
AND STORIES THAT I HEARD ABOUT HARD TIMES
YOU AND I WOULD WALK UP ON BLACK MOUNTAIN
LOOKING OUT FOR BEAR AND CHECKING MINES
I'M ON MY OWN TWO FEET HERE IN THE CITY
AND YOU'RE NOT DOWN THERE DIGGING LIKE A MOLE
YOU GAVE ME A WORLD OUTSIDE OF HARLAN
AND, DAD I KNOW I OWE IT ALL TO COAL … BUT

TAG LINE: I DON'T THINK I'M GOING BACK TO HARLAN