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Copperhead Road
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Blues-Rock
Copperhead Road was released on May 12, 1998 by Black Market Music as a part of the album Workin' Underground
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Release DateMay 12, 1998
LabelBlack Market Music
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM169

Credits

Lyrics

Well, my name's John Lee Paramore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You never did see granddaddy down here
He only came to town about twice a year
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
And everybody knew that he made moonshine
Now, the revenuer 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
Granddaddy ran the whiskey in a big black Dodge
He bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
Shot a coat of primer and I looked inside
Him and my uncle tore that engine down
And I can still remember that rumbling sound
Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
I heard mama crying, just something wasn't right
They headed down to Knoxville with a weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burning down Copperhead Road
I volunteered for the army on my birthday
They take the white trash first draft 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'm gonna plant it in a warehouse in Footscray Road
Now, the DEA's got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming, think I'm still over there
Learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Written by: Steve Earle
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