[Verse 1]
Well, my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He only come to town about twice a year
Buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
Everybody knew that we 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 nеver coming back from Copperhead Road
[Spoken]
Makе some noise for mister Josh Ross
[Verse 2]
Now, Daddy ran the whiskey in a big-block Dodge (C'mon)
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 (C'mon)
I still remember that rumblin' sound
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
[Bridge]
Let's go
Hey
Oh, you're gonna kill me, you'll probably kill me
[Verse 3]
I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft white trash first 'round here, anyway
Two tours of duty in Vietnam
I came home with a brand-new plan
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico, yeah
And I just plant it up a holler down Copperhead Road
And now the DEA'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
[Outro]
Yeah
Nashville, let's go (Yeah)
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Nashville
Give it up for the boys
Hell, yeah