Steve Earle Lyrics And Acoustic Tutorials
Welcome to this Steve Earle Lyrics page where you'll find the lyrics to some of the top Steve Earle songs along with some acoustic guitar tutorial demos.
1.Copperhead Road
2.Guitar Town
3.Hillbilly Highway
4.I Aint Ever Satisfied
5.My Old Freind The Blues
6.Nowhere Road
7.Poor Boy
Steve Earl Lyrics - Copperhead Road Acoustic Demo
Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He only came to town about twice a year
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
He headed up the holler with everything he had
It's before my time but I've been told
He never came back from Copperhead Road
Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block 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 still remember that rumblin' sound
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
And I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on
There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town
But no local yokel gonna shut me down
'Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound
And we've come a thousand miles from a Guitar Town
Nothin' ever happened 'round my hometown
And I ain't the kind to just hang around
But I heard someone callin' my name one day
And I followed that voice down the lost highway
Everybody told me you can't get far
On thirty-seven dollars and a jap guitar
Now I'm smokin' into Texas with the hammer down
And a rockin' little combo from the Guitar Town
Picking (Same As Above)
Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault
I love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt
Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop
Stumble in the restaurant wonderin' why I don't stop
Well I gotta keep rockin' why I still can
I gotta two pack habit and a motel tan
But when my boots hit the boards I'm a brand new man
With my back to the riser I make my stand
Hey pretty baby won't you hold me tight
We're loadin' up and rollin' out of here tonight
One of these days I'm gonna settle down
And take you back with me to the Guitar Town
My grandaddy was a miner but he
Finally saw the light
He didn't have much, just a beat-up truck
And a dream about a better life
Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye
You never heard such a lonesome sound
Pretty soon the dirt road
Turned into blacktop, Detroit City bound
Down that .. hillbilly highway
On That ... hillbilly highway
That Ole .. Hillbilly highway
Goes on and on
Now he worked and saved his money
So that one day he might send
My old man off to college to use his
Brains and not his hands
Grandmama cried when he said goodbye
Never heard such a lonesome sound
But daddy had himself a good job in Houston
One more rollin' down
That Ole hillbilly highway X3
Goes on and on ..................BREAK
Now Grandaddy rolled over in his grave
The day that I quit school
I just sat around the house playin' my guitar
Daddy said I was a fool
My mama cried when I said goodbye
You never heard such a lonesome sound
Now standin' on this highway
And if you're going my way
You know where I'm bound
Down that .. hillbilly highway
On That ... hillbilly highway
That Ole .. Hillbilly highway
Goes on and on .... yeah thats a rollin on
I was born by the railroad tracks
Well the train whistle wailed and i wailed right back
Well papa left mama when i was quite young
He said now one of these days you're gonna follow me son
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
Now I had me a woman she was my world
But I ran off with my back street girl
Now my back street woman could not be true
She left me standin on the boulevard thinkin bout you
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
I got an empty feeling deep inside
I'm going over to the other side
BREAK
Last night I dreamed I made it to the promise land
I was standin at the gate and I had the key in my hand
Saint peter said come in boy you're finally home
I said no thanks pete, I'll just move it along
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I ain't ever satisfied
Just when every ray of hope was gone
I should have known that you ... would come along
I can't believe I ever doubted you
My old friend the blues
Another lonely night ..., a nameless town
If sleep don't take me first ...., you'll come around
I know I can always count on you
My old friend the blues
Lovers leave and friends will let you down
But you're the only sure thing that I've found
No matter what I do, I'll never lose
My old friend the blues
Lovers leave and friends will let you down
But you're the only sure thing that I've found
No matter what I do, I'll never lose
My old friend the blues
Just let me hide my weary heart in you
My old friend the blues
There's a road ... in Oklahoma
Straighter than a preacher ... longer than a memory
And it goes ... forever onward
Been a good teacher ... for a lot of country boys like me
I push that load ... from here to someday
I'll push as long as I'm alive ... but I don't know how long I'll last
'Cause it's just a road ... it ain't no highway
I'm blowin' by the double five ... I know I'm going way too fast
I been down this road just searching' for the end
It don't go nowhere, it just brings you back again
Leaves you lonely and cold ... standin' on the shoulder
But you've come too far to go back home ... so you're walkin' on a nowhere road
Some folks say ... if you keep rollin'
And keep it on the yellow line ... It'll take you on the big highway
But there's a toll to pay ... if you're going
The keeper of the gate is blind ... so you better be prepared to pay
I been down this road just searching' for the end
It don't go nowhere, it just brings you back again
Leaves you lonely and cold ... standin' on the shoulder
But you've come too far to go back home ... so you're walkin' on a nowhere road
I was born on the other side of town
Everybody over here just put me down
I never thought about it much til the first time I saw you
Uh-oh whats a poor boy gonna do
Its bad enough to love you from afar
Me down here and you up where you are
If you hadnt given me that look thats all it took its true
U-oh whats a poor boy gonna do
Umm Baby whats a poor boy got, not a heck of a lot
Just a heart thats true
One thing he sure dont need is a heart that bleeds
And these lovesick blues
I know that a poor boy cant go far
Baby maybe someday drive your car
I can look in my rearview ... into those eyes of blue
Uh-oh whats a poor boy gonna do
BREAK ...
Umm Baby whats a poor boy got, not a heck of a lot
Just a heart thats true
One thing he sure dont need is a heart that bleeds
And these lovesick blues
I know that a poor boy cant go far
Baby maybe someday drive your car
I can look in my rearview ... into those eyes of blue
Uh-oh whats a poor boy gonna do
Uh-oh whats a poor boy gonna do
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