Tuesday Tunes - 08/27/13

A great lyric is like a great book...

 
Copperline

James Taylor, Artist
James Taylor and Reynolds Price, Writers





Even the old folks never knew
Why the call it like we do
I was wondering since the age of two
Down on Copperline

Copper head, copper beech
Copper kettle, sitting side by each

Copper coil, cup o’ Georgia peach
Down on Copperline

Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
I'm only living until the end of the week
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
Take me down on Copperline

Warm summer night on the Copperline
Slip away past supper time
Wood smoke and moonshine, yeah
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 the Copperline

Branch water and tomato wine
Creosote and turpentine
Sour mash and new moon shine
Down on Copperline
Take me down on Copperline

First kiss ever I took
Stole a page from a romance book
The sky opened and the earth shook
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
Never touch my memory
Well I’m lifting up and rising free
Down on Copperline

Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
I’m only living til the end of the week
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
Down on Copperline
Take me down (we were) on Copperline...

Oh, down on Copperline.

Take me back down on Copperline.

Take me down on Copperline.