Six Generations of Copper

[Soft Intro] [Verse] Eighteen and ninety-seven Ezekiel Buckner cleared the land Hammered out a copper kettle With a Bible and his hands Fed his children through the winter When the mine shut down the town What the company couldn't give him That copper handed down [Chorus] Six generations of copper Six generations of flame Passed from father down to son Along with the Buckner name Some folks inherit silver Some folks inherit shame We got six generations of copper And it's worth more than either one the same [Dobro Break] [Verse] Through the war it fed the widows Through the drought it paid the bank When the flood took half the holler It was Buckner shine they drank Revenuers came with axes Came with warrants, came with law Grandpappy moved it every season They never found a thing at all [Chorus] Six generations of copper Six generations of flame Passed from father down to son Along with the Buckner name Some folks inherit silver Some folks inherit shame We got six generations of copper And it's worth more than either one the same [Fiddle Break] [Verse] Now it sits inside the shed there Where my daddy taught me right How the corn becomes the mercy How the fire holds the night And someday I'll teach my young one Every solder, every seam 'Cause a family ain't a bloodline A family is a machine [Bridge] [Stripped Back] And the copper don't forget No, the copper don't forgive It remembers every hand It remembers every man [Chorus] [Harmonies] Six generations of copper Six generations of flame Passed from father down to son Along with the Buckner name Some folks inherit silver Some folks inherit shame We got six generations of copper And it's worth more than either one the same [Outro] [Decrescendo] Six generations Six generations