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Published Jun. 22, 2008

James Taylor...Copperline

 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 bought 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

 

Does anybody know what and where Copperline is ??



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There that area below Chapel Hill. How it got its name I don't know, but I would bet there once was a telegraph wire running from town to a railroad. The uninsulated copper wire might have given the name to the areas where the road ran with the line. ???

they probably got the name of the area from the copper lines in the moonshine stills. LOL

Lolly, believe it or not, I end up with a headache everytime a storm comes thru, but I do love a good thunderstorm. So I'm gettin' over a headache and I always go to James Taylor to get thru it...

Very good Mrk...I love this song, heck I love James Taylor music period...

Check out this website http://www.chapelhillmuseum.org/Exhibits/Ongoing/JamesTaylorExhibit/

Hey Shoe OK, and you?

In “Copperline,” James is singing about the place where he grew up, Chapel Hill, NC. At the southern part of Chapel Hill is an area nicknamed Copperline. He refers to Morgan Creek where he played as a child. One of Morgan Creek's bridges has recently been renamed the James Taylor Bridge.

Hey Lolly, how you doin' ?

James Taylor RULES...sweet song

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