And just as long as I'm able I won't give in
I'm a mountain man
I took a union stand
But I'm a family man
Of another long week and I can draw my pay
I'm a Harlan man
I'm a union man
And it's the only life that I've ever known
Born in east Kentucky and here I'll stay
No matter what the company said
‘Cause I'm a Harlan man
Just like my daddy, all my kin
It was easy then
‘Cause I didn't know what I know now
Went down in the mine when I was barely grown
And if it's the good Lord's plan
I got me two good hands
Just as long as my luck and lungs hold out
Never catch me whinin' 'cause I ain't that kind
But I'm a Harlan man
I'm lookin' at the end
‘Cause I'm a Harlan man
I'll wake up in the mornin' and find
