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line I do a little bit of that action, it adds a little bit of the sound of the
intro into each verse and kinda adds a little twang to the song.
Well, my name's John Lee Pettimore,
Same as my daddy and his daddy's before.
You hardly ever saw grandaddy down here
He'd only come to town about twice a year
Buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line.
Everybody knew that he made moonshine.
Now the revenue man wanted granddaddy bad.
Headed up the holler with everything he had.
Before my time, but I've been told.
You never come back from Copperhead Road.
Granddaddy ran whiskey in a big black Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
Heard mama crying that something wasn't right
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
You could smell the whisky burning down Copperhead Road.
I volunteered for the army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first, round hear anyway
Now the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screamin, like I'm back over there
I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know.
You better stay away from Copperhead Road.
Yea Copperhead road
Copper head road
Copper head rooooooaaaad