Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You hardly ever saw granddaddy down here
He only come to town about twice a year
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
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Now the revenue man wanted granddaddy bad
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He headed up the hollow with everything he had
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Before my time, but I've been told
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He never come back from Copperhead Road
Granddaddy ran the whiskey in a big black Dodge
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
I can still remember that rumblin' sound
When the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
I heard momma crying, knew something wasn't right
He was headed down to Knoxville with a weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burning down Copperhead Road
I volunteered for the army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first, round here anyway
I did two tours of duty in Vietnam
I came home with a brand new plan
I take seeds from Columbia and Mexico
I just plant it up the hollow down Copperhead Road
Now the DEA's got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming 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
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
And if you believe that we're gonna get along just fine
Now I've been travelin' all around
I heard trouble's come to your town
I've got a little somethin' guaranteed to ease your mind
It's call Snake Oil y'all, it's been around for a long, long time
Say, your crops 'll burn if it don't rain soon
Ain't seen a drop since the tenth of June
Well I can open up the sky, people have no fear
If you ain't impressed yet, just tell me what you wanna hear
Well you lost your farm so you moved to town
You get a job, they shut the factory down
Now you sit around all day long feelin' sad and blue
You need Snake Oil y'all, tell you what I'm gonna do
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I can heal the sick and I can mend the lame
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And the blind shall see again, it's all the same
Well ain't your President good to you
Knocked 'em dead in Libya, Grenada too
Now he's taking his show a little further down the line
'Tween me and him people, you're gonna get along just fine
Back To The Wall
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Sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling
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Like I'm empty inside
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I know I'm doin' good now but tonight I'm headed downtown
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Down by the riverside
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I sit underneath the freeway with an old friend from the old days
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And a bottle of wine
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He used to call me "Big Time", said he knew someday that I'd shine
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Said he'd seen all the signs he said
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Keep yourself to yourself, keep your bed-roll dry
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And boy you never can tell what the shadows hide
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Keep one eye on the ground, pick up whatever you find
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'Cause you've got no place to fall
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When your back's to the wall
He's gettin' old and it's showin' so I asked him how it's goin'
He said "I've seen better I guess
I've been rained on, I've been frozen, but this here's the life I've chosen
If it just wasn't for the loneliness"
Now this river suits me to a T. but if you're trying to raise a family
This it ain't no place to be
Hell there's a kid down by the dump there, ought to be in grade school somewhere
Now he hangs out with me, now I told him
Keep yourself to yourself, keep your bedroll dry
And boy you never can tell what the shadows hide
Keep one eye on the ground, pick up whatever you find
'Cause you've got no place to fall
When your back's to the wall
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Well we finished off the bottle and I told him "Joe I think
I ought to be headed uptown
Well it was late, and I'd been drinkin', drivin' home I got to thinkin'
'Bout what's been going down
'Cause they're nervous down on Wall Street, but they're trying to keep it upbeat
Or maybe they just don't care
Down at the river eyes are burnin' cause they feel the tables turnin'
So if you wind up down there
Keep yourself to yourself, keep your bedroll dry
And boy you never can tell what the shadows hide
Keep one eye on the ground, pick up whatever you find
'Cause you've got no place to fall
When your back's to the wall
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
Yeah she really blew up, I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she'd loads a-mighty slow
Loads a-mighty slow, I soon found out
It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out
So then I went and bought myself a Colt .45
It was called a Peacemaker, but I never knew why
Never knew why, I didn't understand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand
The devil's right hand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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Well I got into a card game in a company town
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Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down
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I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall
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Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed
Asked me how I pleaded, "not guilty," I said
Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man
Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand
The devil's right hand
Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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Johnny Come Lately
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I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way
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I was born and bred in the USA
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So listen up close, I've got something to say
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Boys, I'm buying this round
Well it took a little while, but we're in this fight
And we ain't going home till we've done what's right
We're gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight
If I have to spend my last pound
When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain
Met a little girl in the field canteen
Painted her name on the nose of my plane
Six more missions I'm gone
Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might
Then the warden came around yelling "turn out the lights"
Death rainin' down in the London night
We made love till dawn
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But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home
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With a chest full of medals and a GI loan
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They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone
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When Johnny comes marching home
My P-47 is a pretty good ship
And she took a round comin' 'cross the channel last trip
I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip
Always got me through so far
Well they can ship me all over this great big world
But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl
I'm taking her home with me one day, sir
Soon as we win this war
But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home
With a chest full of medals and a GI loan
They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone
When Johnny comes marching home
Now my granddaddy sang me this song
Told me about London when the blitz was on
How he married Grandma and brought her back home
A hero throughout his land
Now I'm standin' on a runway in San Diego
A couple purple hearts and I move a little slow
There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows
About a place called Vietnam
But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home
With a chest full of medals and a GI loan
They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone
When Johnny comes marching home
Even When I'm Blue
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I've always heard that love is blind
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But I know that there's another kind
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Shines like a beacon in the night
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And holds up in the morning light
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'Cause in my dreams she travels with me when I run
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And in my dreams she takes my hand when I make my stand
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When the morning always comes
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And I know it's too good to be true
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She loves me even when I'm blue
No one can say that I ain't tried
I keep on searching far and wide
'Cause I know she's out there somewhere now
And I'm gonna track her down somehow
'Cause in my dreams she travels with me when I run
And in my dreams she takes my hand when I make my stand
When the morning always comes
And I know it's too good to be true
She loves me even when I'm blue
You Belong To Me
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Lately I've been feeling a little uneasy so I run straight home to you
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It's been cold as hell and you just can't tell what a girl might do
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I made a whole lot of promises baby, but none of my dreams came true
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And it's you that paid and I'm so afraid that I'm losing you
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But you belong to me
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You belong to me, you belong to me, me, baby, me
Now your mama said you could do better than me, baby I know that's true
But you believed me instead. every word I said, and I did too
But every day's a little bit harder out there no matter what I do
Well I could carry the world on my shoulders girl long as I got you
But you belong to me
You belong to me
You belong to me, me, baby, me
But you belong to me
You belong to me
You belong to me, me, baby, me
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Well my shining armour is rusted and worn
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There's a heart inside here entrusted and sworn to you
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Just tell me baby what I need to do
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I can win you over again if you want me to
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You belong to me, you belong to me, me, baby, me
Well my shining armour is rusted and worn
There's a heart inside here entrusted and sworn to you
Just tell me baby what I need to do
I can win you over again if you want me to
You belong to me, you belong to me, me, baby, me
You belong to me, you belong to me, me, baby, me
You belong to me, you belong to me, me, baby, me
You belong to me, you belong to me, me, baby, me
Waiting On You
Here comes the night, day brings no light
For wrong or right I'm here waiting on you
Words cut too deep, old ghosts won't sleep
They'll never keep me from waiting on you
Breathing out, breathing in
Holding out, giving in
Doing with or without
For a lifetime, just a lifetime
I can't let go, I wait for you
Till hell goes cold, I'll wait for you
You're all I know and I wait for you
Breathing out, breathing in
Holding out, giving in
Doing with or without waiting on you
Don't show it all, walk on, walk tall
Behind this wall I'm still waiting on you
Breathing out, breathing in
Holding out, giving in
Doing with or without
For a lifetime, just a lifetime
I can't let go, I wait for you
Till hell goes cold, I'll wait for you
You're all I know, I wait for you
I can't let go, I wait for you
Till hell goes cold, I'll wait for you
You're all I know and I wait for you
I can't let go, I wait for you
Till hell goes cold, I'll wait for you
Wah, you're all I know and I wait for you
Once You Love
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A long time ago there lived a man
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He had the world in the palm of his hand
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Sultans and kings beat a path to his door
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He had everything but he still wanted more
One day in spring came a lady so fair
He'd never looked on a beauty so rare
But he didn't trust her so he locked her away
And his gold lost its luster when love died that day
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Once you love, once you trust it
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Once you give your soul is bare
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One false move and you know you're busted
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Once you love you care
I knew an old man who lived all alone
In a sad little house at the end of the road
He sat on his front porch in an old rocking chair
And everyone swore he'd gone crazy down there
But no one comes near so how could they know
He lost someone dear to him once long ago
He remembers the laughter and still tastes the tears
And he still calls her name out after all of these years
Once you love, once you trust it
Once you give your soul is bare
One false move and you know you're busted
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Once you love you care
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You can keep it all inside
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You can run but you can't hide
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Look behind you, love will find you
Once you love, once you trust it
Once you give your soul is bare
One false move and you know you're busted
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Once you love you care
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Once you trust it
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Once you care
Nothing But A Child
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Once upon a time in a far off land
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Wise men saw a sign and set out 'cross the sand
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Songs of praise to sing they travelled day and night
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Precious gifts to bring, guided by the light
They chased a brand new star ever towards the west
Across the mountains far, but when it came to rest
They scarce believed their eyes, THey'd come so many miles
The miracle they prized, was nothing but a child
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Nothing but a child could wash those tears away
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Or guide a weary world into the light of day
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Nothing but a child could help erase those miles
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So once again we all can be children for a while
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Now all around the world, in every little town
Every day is heard a precious little sound
And every mother kind and every father proud
Looks down in awe to find another chance allowed
Nothing but a child could wash those tears away
Or guide a weary world into the light of day
Nothing but a child could help erase those miles
So once again we all can be children for a while
