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Thread #54241   Message #839182
Posted By: GUEST,Jim
02-Dec-02 - 06:39 PM
Thread Name: James Taylor's 'Copperline' - what's it about?
Subject: Lyr Add: COPPERLINE (from James Taylor)
Copied from http://www.james-taylor.com/albums/coppline.shtml
(That page also has chords and a guitar tab.)

COPPERLINE
(R. Price, J. 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 suppertime,
Wood smoke and moonshine,
    Down on Copperline.
One time I saw my daddy dance.
Watched him moving like a man in a trance.
He bought it back from the war in France,
    Down onto Copperline.
Branch water and tomato wine,
Creosote and turpentine,
Sour mash and new moonshine,
    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 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 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.