Laurie Lewis and Si Kahn - Long Way to Harlan

Long Way to Harlan
(Performed by Laurie Lewis & Si Kahn)


Haven’t I seen your face before
Long time ago
Didn’t you live on Second Street
End of the row
What’re you doing way out here
Place like LA
I bet you’re lonesome bad as me
You know they say

That it’s a long way to Harlan, long way to go
Long way to Harlan, long way to home
Yes, it’s a long way to Harlan, long way to go
Long way to Harlan, long way to home

Say ain’t you Bill McCarthy’s boy
I should have known
Why, you were just a little old thing
Lord how you’ve grown
Your Daddy was on the graveyard shift
At Number Nine
Your Momma worked in the company store
They sure were fine folks

It’s a long way to Harlan, long way to go
Long way to Harlan, long way to home
Yes, it’s a long way to Harlan, long way to go
Long way to Harlan, long way to home

I still drive a pickup truck
I never liked a car
I wish you’d let me take you home
It’s kind of far
A coal camp woman can sure get lost
In this low land
It feels so good to come across
A hometown man

And it’s a long way to Harlan, long way to go
Long way to Harlan, long way to home
Yes, it’s a long way to Harlan, long way to go
Long way to Harlan, long way to home