Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Copperhead Road , by - Steve Earle. Release date: 28.04.2008
Song language: English
Copperhead Road |
| Well my name’s John Lee Pettimore |
| Same as my daddy and his daddy before |
| You hardly ever saw granddaddy down here |
| He only came to town about twice a year |
| He’d buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line |
| Everybody knew that he made moonshine |
| Now the revenue man wanted granddaddy bad |
| He headed up the holler with everything he had |
| Before my time but I’ve been told |
| He never came back from Copperhead Road |
| Now daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge |
| Bought it at an auction at the Mason’s Lodge |
| Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side |
| Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside |
| Well him and my uncle tore that engine down |
| I still remember that rumblin' sound |
| Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night |
| Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn’t right |
| He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load |
| You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road |
| I volunteered for the army on my birthday |
| They draft the white trash first, 'round here anyway |
| I done two tours of duty in Vietnam |
| And I came home with a brand new plan |
| I’ll take the seed from Colombia and Mexico |
| I’ll just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road |
| Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air |
| I wake up screaming like I’m back over there |
| I learned a thing or two from old Charlie don’t you know |
| You better stay away from Copperhead Road |
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