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.
Warm 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 boy wakes up and the dog barks and
The bird 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 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.
1991 – James Taylor and Reynolds Price – Performed by James Taylor – Album: New Moon Shine