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Composer: Hammond, Laurence

Mad River - Copper Plates lyrics



When I was a boy down in them blue Kentucky pines
My pappy told me "Son, you pick a gentleman's crime.
If you don't pull a gun
To no mother's son
It's so easy to find peace of mind."

Grampa was a counterfeiter just like Uncle Ned
Used to spend his nights a-toilin' o'er a warm copper plate
Drinkin' whiskey from the still
In the old wooden mill
Crankin' out them twenty-dollar bills.

[Refrain:] Country boy, livin' in the holler
Try'n'a make a dollar bi-i-i-ill
When I get old and the river gets cold
If I ain't made it, my little boy will.

All night long Kentucky breezes dried them on the rack
Next mornin' Pappy left with $50,000 in a sack
He was off to Louisville
I guess he's there still
He nevah come back to the hills

So I was left alone with the career I would pursue
There nevah seemed like there was just but one thing left to do
But my lady she's so fair
The sheriff gets his share
There ain't much left for me when I get through

[refrain]

Oh I used to kinda hanker for a fine Kentucky farm
With a long white picket fence and a race horse in the barn
But my copper plates got wet
Had to etch another set
When the sheriff sounded some ol' false alarm

But tonight my woman's gonna give them copper plates a shine
My little boy's a-sleepin' and the whiskey's tastin' fine
And a job just begun
Is a job well done
When the wind shakes them blue Kentucky pines.

[refrain]
Songs list of album: Paradise Bar & Grill (1969)
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