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Sixteen Tons

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Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man is made out of muscle and blood, muscle and blood, skin and bone, a mind that's weak and a back that's strong, you're a 16 gun, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper and then you say, baby don't you call me, cause I can't go, I owe my suit to the company store. I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked up a shovel and walked to the mine, I'm a 16 gun, I'm numb and cruel, and as far as possible, bless my soul, you're a 16 gun, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper and then you say, baby don't you call me, cause I can't go, I owe my suit to the company store. Here, if you see me, come and get a pep-up sign, a lot of men dead and a lot of men dying, one fist of iron, the other steel, if the right one don't get you, then the left one will beat you, you're a 16 gun, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper and then you say, baby don't you call me, cause I can't go, I owe my suit to the company store. I was born one morning and it was drizzling rain, I'm fighting in trouble, I'm in pain, I was raised in a king's reign, but old mama Lion King don't have to make me walk the line, you're a 16 gun, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper and then you say, baby don't you call me, cause I can't go, I owe my suit to the company store. www.larryweaver.com
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