Copperhead Road
Steve Earle
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DWell my name's John Lee Pettimore
DSame as my daddy and his daddy before
DYou hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
DHe only came to town about twice a year
DHe'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
DEverybody knew that he made moonshine
Now the revGenue man wanted GraCndaddy Gbad
DHe headed up the holler with everything he had
It's Gbefore my time but I'Cve been Gtold
DHe never came back from Copperhead Road
DNow Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
DBought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
DJohnson County Sheriff painted on the side
DJust shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
DWell him and my uncle tore that engine down
DI still remember that rumblin' sound
Well the sheGcame around in the Cmiddle of the Gnight
DHeard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
He was Gheaded down to Knoxville with the Cweekly Gload
DYou could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
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DI volunteered for the Army on my birthday
DThey draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
DI done two tours of duty in Vietnam
DAnd I came home with a brand new plan
DI take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
DI plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the D.GE.A.'s got a Cchopper in the Gair
DI wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I leaGrned a thing or two from ol' ChaCrlie don't you Gknow
DYou better stay away from Copperhead Road
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