16 Tons - Tom Morello

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[ar:Tom Morello]
[al:Union Town]
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[00:00.00]16 Tons - Tom Morello
[00:03.77]Some people say a man is made out of mud
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[00:07.94]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
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[00:11.74]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
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[00:15.14]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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[00:18.55]You load 16 tons what do you get
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[00:22.26]Another day older and deeper in debt
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[00:25.60]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.32]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:32.67]
[00:39.89]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
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[00:43.68]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:47.01]Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
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[00:50.65]And the straw boss said well a bless my soul
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[00:54.44]16 tons what do you get
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[00:57.95]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:01.29]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
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[01:04.92]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:07.92]
[01:15.99]I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
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[01:19.24]A fighting and trouble are my middle name
[01:22.52]I was raised in the canebrake by an or mama lion
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[01:26.01]Ain't no boss man live make me walk the line
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[01:29.62]I load 16 tons what do you get
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[01:33.40]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:35.90]
[01:36.79]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:39.58]
[01:40.45]I owe my soul to the company store
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[01:57.92]So if you see me coming better step aside
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[02:01.88]A lot of men didn't a lot of men died
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[02:05.42]One fist of iron the other of steel
[02:08.57]If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[02:12.17]You load 16 tons and what do you get
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[02:16.08]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:19.33]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
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[02:22.99]I owe my soul to the company store