[LIVELY MUSIC] [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪ WELL, MY NAME’S JOHN LEE PETTIMORE ♪ ♪ SAME AS MY DADDY AND HIS DADDY BEFORE ♪ ♪ YOU HARDLY EVER SAW GRANDADDY DOWN HERE ♪ ♪ HE ONLY CAME 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 ♪ ♪ BEFORE MY TIME, BUT I’VE BEEN TOLD ♪ ♪ HE NEVER COME BACK FROM COPPERHEAD ROAD ♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪ NOW DADDY RAN THE WHISKEY IN A BIG BLOCK DODGE ♪ ♪ BOUGHT IT AT AN AUCTION AT THE MASON’S LODGE ♪ ♪ JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF PAINTED ON THE SIDE ♪ ♪ JUST SHOT A COAT OF PRIMER, THEN HE LOOKED INSIDE ♪ ♪ WELL, HIM AND MY UNCLE TORE THAT ENGINE DOWN ♪ ♪ I STILL REMEMBER THAT RUMBLIN’ SOUND ♪ ♪ AND THEN THE SHERIFF CAME AROUND ♪ ♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ HEARD MAMA CRYING, KNEW SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT ♪ ♪ HE WAS HEADED DOWN TO KNOXVILLE WITH THE WEEKLY LOAD ♪ ♪ YOU COULD SMELL THE WHISKEY BURNIN’ DOWN COPPERHEAD ROAD ♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪ HEY ♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪ I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE ARMY ON MY BIRTHDAY ♪ ♪ THEY DRAFTED THE WHITE TRASH FIRST, AROUND HERE ANYWAY ♪ ♪ I DONE TWO TOUR’S OF DUTY IN VIETNAM ♪ ♪ I CAME HOME WITH A BRAND NEW PLAN ♪ ♪ I TAKE THE SEED FROM COLOMBIA AND MEXICO ♪ ♪ I JUST PLANT IT UP THE HOLLER DOWN COPPERHEAD ROAD ♪ ♪ AND NOW THE D.E.A’S GOT A CHOPPER IN THE AIR ♪ ♪ I WAKE UP SCREAMING LIKE I’M BACK OVER THERE ♪ ♪ I LEARNT A THING OR TWO FROM CHARLIE, DON’T YOU KNOW ♪ ♪ YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM COPPERHEAD ROAD ♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪ WHOA ♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪ COPPERHEAD ROAD ♪ ♪ COPPERHEAD ROAD ♪ ♪ HA! COPPERHEAD ROAD ♪ [UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪♪♪
