歌词与中文翻译
Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
我的名字叫约翰·李·帕特莫
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
和我父亲以及爷爷的名字相同
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
你很少见我爷爷来这儿
He only came to town about twice a year
他一年只会来镇子两次
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
他会买一百磅酵母和一些铜线
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
大家都知道他在酿私酒
Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
税务官疯狂通缉他
He headed up the holler with everything he had
他赌上自己所有远走高飞
'Fore my time but I've been told
这些事发生在我出生前，但我知道
He never came back from Copperhead Road
他永不会从铜斑蛇路上回来了
Now daddy ran the whiskey in a big block dodge
如今我父亲的黑色道奇车里装满了威士忌
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's lodge
这些酒他从曼森的小屋中拍卖得到
Johnson county sheriff painted on the side
乡村警长乔纳森正在一旁喷漆
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
刚喷了一层底漆就发现了房内的事
Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
我爸和我叔叔把引擎拆了下来
I still remember that rumblin' sound
我仍记得那震耳的隆隆声
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
警长在深夜来到了我家
Heard mama cryin' knew something wasn't right
我听到母亲的哭声，发现事情不对
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
父亲背负着债逃往诺克斯维尔
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
你可以闻到威士忌在铜斑蛇路上燃烧
I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
生日这天我加入了军队
They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway
他们在此地征召了一些白色垃圾（南方贫苦白人）
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
我服役期间两次开赴越南
And I came home with a brand new plan
回家后我想到一个全新的计划
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
我从哥伦比亚和墨西哥买了一些种子
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
把它们种在了铜斑蛇路旁
Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
缉毒局的直升机发现了它们
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
我从睡梦中尖叫着醒来仿佛我刚（从越南）回来
I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know
从越南我学到了一些东西（美军对越共私下称呼为Charlie）
You better stay away from Copperhead Road
你最好离铜斑蛇路远一点
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
（歌词的最后主人公患上了PTSD）