I am from the area this is about... I will help you guys out on the translation...
First off... Pruitis:
His daddy bought the big black dodge at an auction from the Masons. That is right. Johnson County sherriff painted one the side, it was an old cop car, but they break down the engine and soup it up to make it faster than cop cars. BTW: Johnson County is Johnson County, Tennessee where there actually is a Copperhead Road.
Also... the car did not catch on fire near copperhead road, but instead when he was on the way to Knoxville. He was probably ran off the road by a cop. So, since the sherrif knows about it he tells the singer's mother that the father is dead. The Sherriff then goes up Copperhead Road and burns all the whiskey. They either pour out whiskey when they find it or burn it.
DirkaDirka:
In the first verse the grandfather is killed, not the revenue man. That is part of the theme... everyone dies doing it, but the John Lee III has some tricks.
No, he didn't take out the helicopter. In Vietnam the VietMihn were famous for small hidden traps all over. So in order to destroy John Lee's pot they have to land and go destroy it. He is essentially saying that you better stay away because he has the place rigged up with traps.
@Comebakatz Yeah.. being from roughly the same area.. you nailed it.. By the way.. a lot of people don't know that souping up cop cars was the birth of NASCAR... They started racing the cars for money (and bragging rights) and it grew into what we now have as NASCAR... So the next time your rooting for Jr., Stewart or Johnson or whoever your fav is... you can thank the old time moonshiners...
@Comebakatz Yeah.. being from roughly the same area.. you nailed it.. By the way.. a lot of people don't know that souping up cop cars was the birth of NASCAR... They started racing the cars for money (and bragging rights) and it grew into what we now have as NASCAR... So the next time your rooting for Jr., Stewart or Johnson or whoever your fav is... you can thank the old time moonshiners...
I am from the area this is about... I will help you guys out on the translation...
First off... Pruitis:
His daddy bought the big black dodge at an auction from the Masons. That is right. Johnson County sherriff painted one the side, it was an old cop car, but they break down the engine and soup it up to make it faster than cop cars. BTW: Johnson County is Johnson County, Tennessee where there actually is a Copperhead Road.
Also... the car did not catch on fire near copperhead road, but instead when he was on the way to Knoxville. He was probably ran off the road by a cop. So, since the sherrif knows about it he tells the singer's mother that the father is dead. The Sherriff then goes up Copperhead Road and burns all the whiskey. They either pour out whiskey when they find it or burn it.
DirkaDirka:
In the first verse the grandfather is killed, not the revenue man. That is part of the theme... everyone dies doing it, but the John Lee III has some tricks.
No, he didn't take out the helicopter. In Vietnam the VietMihn were famous for small hidden traps all over. So in order to destroy John Lee's pot they have to land and go destroy it. He is essentially saying that you better stay away because he has the place rigged up with traps.
@Comebakatz Yeah.. being from roughly the same area.. you nailed it.. By the way.. a lot of people don't know that souping up cop cars was the birth of NASCAR... They started racing the cars for money (and bragging rights) and it grew into what we now have as NASCAR... So the next time your rooting for Jr., Stewart or Johnson or whoever your fav is... you can thank the old time moonshiners...
@Comebakatz Yeah.. being from roughly the same area.. you nailed it.. By the way.. a lot of people don't know that souping up cop cars was the birth of NASCAR... They started racing the cars for money (and bragging rights) and it grew into what we now have as NASCAR... So the next time your rooting for Jr., Stewart or Johnson or whoever your fav is... you can thank the old time moonshiners...
@Comebakatz good take on the song, i never figured the second verse. But I am pretty sure the granddfather killed the revenue man, the pronouns match.
@Comebakatz good take on the song, i never figured the second verse. But I am pretty sure the granddfather killed the revenue man, the pronouns match.