WELL MY NAME'S
JOHN LEE PETTIMORE
SAME AS MY DADDY
AND HIS DADDY
BEFORE
YA HARDLY EVER SAW
GRANDADDY
DOWN HERE
HE ONLY
COME TO TOWN
ABOUT TWICE A YEAR
HE'D BUY A
HUNDRED POUNDS
OF YEAST
AND SOME COPPER LINE
EVERYBODY KNEW
THAT HE
MADE MOONSHINE
NOW THE REVENUE MAN
WANTED
GRANDADDY BAD
HEADED UP
THE HOLLER
WITH EVERYTHING
HE HAD
'FORE MY TIME
BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD
HE NEVER
COME BACK FROM
COPPERHEAD ROAD
AND DADDY
RAN-A WHISKEY
IN A BIG BLACK DODGE
BOUGHT IT
AT AN AUCTION
AT THE MASON'S LODGE
JOHNSON COUNTY
SHERIFF PAINTED
ON THE SIDE
HE JUST SHOT
A COAT OF PRIMER
THEN HE LOOKED INSIDE
WELL HIM
AND MY UNCLE
TORE THAT
ENGINE DOWN
I STILL REMEMBER
THAT-A RUMBLIN' SOUND
AND THEN THE SHERIFF
CAME AROUND
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT
HEARD MAMA CRYIN'
KNEW SOMETHIN'
WASN'T RIGHT
HE WAS HEADED
DOWN TO KNOXVILLE
WITH THE WEEKLY LOAD
YOU COULD SMELL
THE WHISKEY BURNIN'
DOWN
COPPERHEAD ROAD
HEY
HEY
HEY
I VOLUNTEERED
FOR THE ARMY
ON MY BIRTHDAY
THEY DRAFT
THE WHITE TRASH FIRST
'ROUND HERE ANYWAY
I DONE
TWO TOURS OF DUTY
IN VIETNAM
I CAME HOME
WITH A
BRAND-NEW PLAN
I TAKE THE SEED
FROM COLUMBIA
AND MEXICO
I JUST PLANT IT
UP THE HOLLER
DOWN
COPPERHEAD ROAD
A-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
WOW
COPPERHEAD ROAD
COPPERHEAD ROAD
UP COPPERHEAD ROAD