There is a twist in this song. We are prepared to think that the songwriter in the last stanza is visiting his run down home town. An insightful earlier entry on this thread (scooby3339) even assumes that the visit metaphor closes the song. But there is another set of lines after that. These actual closing lines show the songwriter has never left, he is still living in Morgan Creek, he never moved away.
The reason he never moved away relates to the central theme. The title, copperline refers to the copper still, which is how you make moonshine. The centrality of moonshine in the song narrative is noted in an earlier post (see zaphod69 for a great description).
There are more memories in this song that solely the alcohol. (See scooby3339 for a good case regarding the many charming memories). And those delightful parts carry the song and make it a fave.
There is a twist in this song. We are prepared to think that the songwriter in the last stanza is visiting his run down home town. An insightful earlier entry on this thread (scooby3339) even assumes that the visit metaphor closes the song. But there is another set of lines after that. These actual closing lines show the songwriter has never left, he is still living in Morgan Creek, he never moved away.
The reason he never moved away relates to the central theme. The title, copperline refers to the copper still, which is how you make moonshine. The centrality of moonshine in the song narrative is noted in an earlier post (see zaphod69 for a great description).
There are more memories in this song that solely the alcohol. (See scooby3339 for a good case regarding the many charming memories). And those delightful parts carry the song and make it a fave.