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Even the old folks never knew why they call it like they do
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I was wond'ring since the age of two, down on Copperline.
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Copper head, copper beech, copper kettles sitting side by each -
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Copper coil, cup o' Georgia peach, down on Copperline.
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Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week.
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Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
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We were down on Copperline.
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Warm summer night on the Copperline, slip away past suppertime.
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Wood smoke and moonshine, down on Copperline.
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One time I saw my daddy dance watched him moving like a man in a trance.
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He brought it back from the war in France, down on Copperline.
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Branch water and tomato wine, creosote and turpentine,
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Sour mash and new moonshine, down on Copperline
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We were down on Copperline.
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First kiss ever I took, like a page from a romance book
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The sky opened and the earth shook, down on Copperline.
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Took a fall from a windy height I only knew how to hold on tight,
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And pray for love enough to last all night down on Copperline.
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Day breaks and the boy wakes up, and the dog barks and the bird sings,
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And the sap rises, and the angels sigh....Yeah
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I tried to go back as if I could all spec house and plywood
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Tore up, and tore up good, down on Copperline.
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It doesn't come as a surprise to me it doesn't touch my memory.
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Man I'm lifting up and rising free, down on Copperline.
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Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, I'm only livin' for the end of the week.
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Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
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We were down on Copperline.
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Take me down on Copperline.