| Steve Earle – Copperhead Road Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Being from the mountains of NC just across the TN line for many years, and having bought a quart or more ;) of "white", this is what I think Steve Earle's Copperhead Road means .. FIRST VERSE is talking about John Lee Petemore and how he watched his Daddy & Grandaddy run shine. Most moonshiners would only go to town 2 times a year, which does call a little attention to them. The last run his Grandaddy did, the revenue man was chasing him, and he never came home. Maybe he crashed, maybe the revenue man shot and killed him (not anything out of the ordinary), who knows ... guess we get to use our imagination on that one. SECOND VERSE it's not a Big "Black" Dodge .. it's a Big "BLACK" Dodge ... alot of the sheriff's departments would and still do sell their old cars at auction. So his daddy and uncle bought one, rebuilt the engine that had that "rumblin sound" and ran liquor in it. One night his daddy was going to Knoxville, TN do make his delivery. He crashed either on Copperhead Road, or somewhere else, because corn mash does smell when it's cooking ... guess we use our imagination again. THIRD VERSE, well he didn't volunteer for the army, he is saying that because he was "white trash" that he was drafted for two tours in the Vietnam War and learned how to grow weed, pot, marijuana, etc. and decided to change from making and running shine to growing and selling pot. The DEA has a chopper flying around trying to find his pot he's growing and he wakes up screaming because of flashbacks caused by the DEA chopper. He learned how ol' Charlie set the booby traps and he is warning the DEA to stay away from Copperhead Road because of what will happen. Also, Copperhead Road is in Hampton Tennessee which is in Carter County. If you want to see where it is, just use whichever map program your computer has and get directions from your address to COPPERHEAD ROAD, HAMPTON, TENNESSEE. Great ride on our Harley ... :) |
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| Steve Earle – Copperhead Road Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This is the perfect answer for your question metals189 ... I took it from another site while doing a little research on Copperhead Road, Moonshiners and Moonshine. The "smell of whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Rd" means exactly what it says because "if you have close neighbors hope they like the smell of the trash cans at a hank williams jr concert" and the sheriff was headed down in the middle of the night, because that's when the Moonshiners would run their liquor. Hope that helps :) | |
| Steve Earle – Copperhead Road Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I too am grateful for the story from littlechicago1. Living in the NC mountains, just across the TN line, for over 20 years, I too have been by Copperhead Road several times in the past. Copperhead Road is in Hampton, TN off of Scioto Road which is in Carter County Tennessee. Just use whatever MAPS program you have on your computer and get directions from your house to Copperhead Road, Hampton, TN ... There you go! I might also add, it is a great ride on your motorcycle :) | |
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