Steve Earle Lyrics
"Copperhead Road"

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verse 1
Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He only come a 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 Grandaddy bad
He headed up the holler with everything he had
It's before my time but I've been told
He never come back from Copperhead Road

verse 2
Now Daddy ran whiskey in a big black 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
When 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

verse 3
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
I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
I just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Now 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 Charlie don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road

outro
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
This song is from the album "Essential Steve Earle", "Shut Up & Die Like An Aviator", "Just An American Boy", "Definitive Collection", "Copperhead Road", "Live At The Cotton Club, Atlanta", "Live In Nashville, 1995", "The Definitive Collection 1986-1992", "Live From Austin Texas", "Rarities Edition: Copperhead Road", "Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection", "BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert", "The Best of Steve Earle: Green Series", "Live At Montreux - 2005", "20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection" and "Together at the Bluebird Café".