Classic Country Lyrics: "Copperhead Road" von Steve Earle

1986 kam der sogenannte "New Traditionalism"
in der Countrymusik auf, junge Künstler, die mit
den Popversuchen der 70er nichts anfangen konn-
ten und zurück zu den Wurzeln wollten. Die drei
Vorzeigekünstler dieser Welle waren Randy Tra-
vis, der in der Tradition von Merle Haggard und
George Jones steht, Dwight Yoakam, der sich
mehr an Buck Owens und dessen "Bakersfield-
Sound" orientiert, und Steve Earle, der sich den
rockigeren Outlaw-Klängen verbunden fühlte,
bevor er sich spätert dem Bluegrass zuwandte.
"Copperhead Road" war einer seiner frühen Er-
folge.

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 
He headed up the holler with everything he had 
It's before my time but I've been told 
He never came back from Copperhead Road 
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 
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the 
night 
Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right 
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly l
oad 
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copper-
head Road 

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 
And I came home with a brand new plan 
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico 
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road 
Well 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 ol' Charlie don't you 
know 
You better stay away from Copperhead Road 

Copperhead Road 
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