Verse
Old mill on Cutter Street, breaker box rusted shut
Reo cracked it with a screwdriver, said trust is what
Keeps the current moving when the lights don't work
Flashlight in my teeth, copper heavy in the dirt
We split the wire by the pound, not by the pain
Ounce of solder on his palm, scar like a stain
He held the ladder steady while I climbed the frame
Never asked for half, still I gave him half the same
Pre-Chorus
Tell me who stays grounded when the voltage climb
Tell me who reads sturdy when it's crunch time
Chorus
Copper don't lie, it carries what you send it
Strip it to the wire, still know who you can trust with it
Current run both ways, that's the deal we living by
Copper don't lie, copper don't lie
Verse
Scale at Danny's yard don't round up, don't round down
Forty-one cents a pound, going rate around this town
Three nights running, hands blistered, elbows raw
Reo's little brother sick, I ain't have to see it, but I saw
Split my half again, ain't a debt, just a way
Watchman's spotlight swept the lot on a Tuesday
Reo pushed me to the fence, took the long way round
Caught a scrape, not a charge, that's the sound
Of a man choosing weight over what he could've kept
Copper conducts current, some carry what they're dealt
Pre-Chorus
Tell me who stays grounded when the pressure climb
Tell me who's still standing on the far side of the line
Chorus
Copper don't lie, it carries what you send it
Strip it to the wire, still know who you can trust with it
Current run both ways, that's the deal we living by
Copper don't lie, copper don't lie
Bridge
Reo's out in Fairview now, working days, clean hands
Still calls me Sunday nights, still understands
I kept a coil of wire on my dresser like a ring
Not for the money, for the current it still bring
Some loyalty burns out, some just change their shape
Like copper going green, still holds the same escape
Chorus
Copper don't lie, it carries what you send it
Strip it to the wire, still know who you can trust with it
Current run both ways, that's the deal we living by
Copper don't lie, copper don't lie
