The title song "Copperhead Road" tells of a Vietnam War veteran, scion of a rural moonshine bootlegging clan, who returns home to Johnson County, Tennessee (Copperhead road is an actual road near Mountain City, TN). The song also inspired a popular line dance timed to the beat of the song. The line "I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know" reportedly refers to the Viet Cong ( = VC = Victor Charlie, normally referred to as "Charlie"

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