Copperhead Road
Steve Earle

Submitted By Tiny man

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Well My Name?s John Lee Pettimore, Same As My Daddy And His Daddy Before
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You Hardly Ever Saw Grandaddy Down Here, He Only Came To Town Twice Year
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He?d Buy A Hundred Pounds Of Yeast And And Some Copper Line
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Everybody knew That He Made Moonshine, Now The Revenue Man Wanted Grandaddy Bad
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He Headed Up The Holler With Everything He Had, It?s Before My Time But I?ve Been Told
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He Never Came Back From Copperhead Road




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Now Daddy Ran The Whiskey In A Big Block Dodge, Bought It At An Auction At The Mason?s Lodge
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Johnson Country Sheriff Painted On The Side, Just Shot A Coat Of Primer Then He Looked Inside
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Well Him And Uncle Tore That engine Down, I Still Remember That Rumblin? Sound
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Well The Sheriff Came Around In The Middle Of The Night, Heard Mama Cryin?, Knew Something
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Wasn?t Right, He Was Headed Down To Knoxville With The Weekly Load, You Could Smell The

Whiskey Burnin? Down Copperhead Road





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I Volunteered For The Army On My Birthday, They Draft The White Trash First, Round Here
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Anyway, I Done Two Tours Of Duty In Vietnam, And I Came Home With Brand New Plan
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I Take The Seed From Colombia And Mexico, I Plant It Up The Holler Down Copperhead Road
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Well The D.E.A.?s Got Copper In The Air, I Wake Up Screaming Like I?m Back Over There
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I Learned A Thing Or Two From Ol? Charlie Don?t You Know, You Better Stay Away  From
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Copperhead Road
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