Copperline Lyrics - One Man Band - James Taylor

Even the old folks never knew 

Why they call it like they do 

I was wondering since the age of two 

Down on copperline 

Copper head, copper beech 

Copper kettles sitting side by each 

Copper coil, cup o'georgia peach 

Down on copperline 

Half a mile down to morgan creek 

Leaning heavy on the end of the week 

Hercules and a hog-nosed snake 

Down on copperline 

We were down on copperline 

One summer night on the copperline 

Slip away past supper time 

Wood smoke and moonshine 

Down on copperline 

One time I saw my daddy dance 

Watched him moving like a man in a trance 

He brought it back from the war in france 

Down onto copperline 

Branch water and tomato wine 

Creosote and turpentine 

Sour mash and new moon shine 

Down on copperline 

Down on copperline 

First kiss ever I took 

Like a page from a romance book 

The sky opened and the earth shook 

Down on copperline 

Down on copperline 

Took a fall from a windy height 

I only knew how to hold on tight 

And pray for love enough to last all night 

Down on copperline 

Day breaks and the boys wakes up 

And the dog barks and the birds sings 

And the sap rises and the angels sigh, yeah 

I tried to go back, as if I could 

All spec house and plywood 

Tore up and tore up good 

Down on copperline 

It doesn't come as a surprise to me 

It doesn't touch my memory 

Man I'm lifting up and rising free 

Down on over copperline 

Half a mile down to morgan creek 

I'm only living for the end of the week 

Hercules and a hog-nosed snake 

Down on copperline, yeah 

Take me down on copperline 

Oh, down on copperline 

Take me down on copperline