Copperline - James Taylor video free download

Performed by Taylor in HD with stunning sound quality.

Copperline was released on the 1991 album "New Moon Shine". During the late 1980s, he had began touring regularly, especially on the summer amphitheater circuit. His later concerts featured songs from throughout his career.

Taylor had thoughts of retiring by the time he played the massive Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro in January 1985. He was encouraged by the nascent democracy in Brazil at the time, buoyed by the positive reception he got from the large crowd and other musicians, and musically energized by the sounds and nature of Brazilian music. Lyrics follow:

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 brought 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.