Copperhead Road - Steve Earle: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Copperhead Road

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Copperhead Road was released on October 17, 1988 by Geffen as a part of the album Copperhead Road

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Steve Earle

Vocals

John Jarvis

Piano

K. Custer

Drums

Kelly Looney

Bass Guitar

Ken Moore

Synthesizer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Steve Earle

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Steve Earle

Producer

Joe Hardy

Mixing Engineer

David Frangioni

David Frangioni

Immersive Mixing Engineer

Tony Brown

Producer

Lyrics

[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 to town about twice a year

He'd buy a hundred pound of yeast and some copper line

Everybody knew that he made moonshine

[Verse 2]

Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad

He headed up the holler with everything he had

Before my time, but I've been told

He never come back from Copperhead Road

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

Then 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 5]

Hey

Hey, hey

[Verse 6]

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

[Verse 7]

And 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

Written by: Steve Earle

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