Harlan Man Lyrics

Harlan Man lyrics

I'm a Harlan Man 

Went down in the mine when I was barely grown 

It was easy then 

‘Cause I didn't know what I know now 

But I'm a family man 

And it's the only life that I've ever known 

But I'm a Harlan Man 

Just as long as my luck and lungs hold out 

I'm a mountain man 

Born in east Kentucky and here I'll stay 

And if it's the good Lord's plan 

I'll wake up in the mornin' and find 

I'm lookin' at the end 

Of another long week and I can draw my pay 

‘Cause I'm a Harlan Man 

Never catch me whinin' cause I ain't that kind 



I'm a union man 

Just like my daddy and all my kin 

I took a union stand 

No matter what the company said 

I got me two good hands 

And just as long as I'm able I won't give in 

‘Cause I'm a Harlan Man 

A coal minin' mother ‘til the day I'm dead