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