[ti:Copperhead Road] [ar:Steve Earle] [al:The Very Best of Outlaw Country] [by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:40.090] Well my name's John Lee Pettimore [00:46.490] Same as my daddy and his daddy before [00:52.610] You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here [00:58.850] He only came to town about twice a year [01:04.580] He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line [01:11.310] Everybody knew that he made moonshine [01:16.980] Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad [01:20.420] He headed up the holler with everything he had [01:23.570] 'Fore my time but I've been told [01:26.290] He never came back from Copperhead Road [01:41.650] Now daddy ran the whiskey in a big block dodge [01:48.090] Bought it at an auction at the Mason's lodge [01:54.190] Johnson county sheriff painted on the side [01:59.970] Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside [02:06.310] Well him and my uncle tore that engine down [02:12.300] I still remember that rumblin' sound [02:18.420] Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night [02:21.790] Heard mama cryin' knew something wasn't right [02:24.850] He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load [02:27.620] You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road [03:02.930] I volunteered for the Army on my birthday [03:08.940] They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway [03:14.740] I done two tours of duty in Vietnam [03:20.960] And I came home with a brand new plan [03:26.210] I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico [03:32.340] I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road [03:38.150] Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air [03:41.470] I wake up screaming like I'm back over there [03:44.220] I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know [03:47.210] You better stay away from Copperhead Road [04:01.140] Copperhead Road [04:07.010] Copperhead Road [04:12.460] Copperhead Road