Well I was raised where the copperheads crawl
in the mountains where the moonshine falls
Daddy ran a still, Mama prayed at night
Trying to keep the Devil from my sight

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I got a 22 and a worn-out dog
Rust on my Chevy, fumes in the fog
Preacher says my soul's long gone
But these hills are the only home I’ve known

[Chorus]

I’ve been running like a wild dog loose
Chasing that bottle, outrunning my noose
Heaven knows I ain’t been saved
But Lord I ain’t dead, and I ain’t afraid.
On Copperhead mountain we live fast and start young,
Trying to make a dollar ‘fore the lawman comes.

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Ain’t no saints in these mountain towns
Just shotgun shells and the lost not found
Granddad’s sins still walk these pines
Echo's in the wind 'bout a better time

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I got scars like stories on my skin
Whiskey in my blood like original sin
A girl back home who prays I’ll change
But the road I ride knows no other way

Repeat Chorus

[Bridge]

The judge sure don’t smile and the banker frowns
But these dirt roads don’t let me down
The world keeps on turning the nights get cold
But I’ll burn like hell fore I do what I’m told

 Repeat Chorus