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Grace Knight - "Sixteen Tons" (2018)
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00:00Some people say a man is made of mud
00:22A bone is made of muscle blood
00:26Muscle blood and skin and bone
00:31A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
00:35You're so stint in tongues
00:38What do you do?
00:40Another day you'll learn deeper and death
00:44Say Peter, don't you call me
00:47Cause I can't ignore
00:49I'll buy a soul to the company store
00:56I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
01:02He took the southern and I walked to the mine
01:06I loaded sixteen tons of lumberman calling
01:11The straw boss said, well bless my soul
01:15Sixteen tons, what do you get?
01:20Another day you'll learn deeper and death
01:24Say Peter, don't you call me
01:27Cause I can't ignore
01:29I'll buy a soul to the company store
01:33I was born one morning when the sun was on the rain
01:42Fired and the trouble of my mind
01:46I was amazed and I can't break
01:49My old mama's fine
01:51Can't know how I told woman
01:53Made me walk the line
01:55Sixteen tons, what do you get?
02:00Another day, older and deeper and death
02:04Say Peter, don't you call me
02:07Cause I can't ignore
02:09I'll buy a soul to the company store
02:13Now if you see me come back to the side
02:22A lot of men in the town
02:25A lot of men die
02:26I've got a wolf that's alive
02:29Another must steal
02:31You don't rather don't get you
02:33Can't live one week
02:35Sixteen tons, what do you get?
02:40Another day, older and deeper and death
02:44Say Peter, don't you call me
02:47Cause I can't go
02:49I'll hold my soul
02:59To the company store
03:06To the company
03:10I'll hold my soul
03:17You don't rather don't get you
03:19You don't rather don't get you
03:20You don't rather don't get you
03:21You don't rather don't get you
03:22You don't rather don't get you
03:23You don't rather don't get you
03:24You don't rather don't get you
03:25You don't rather don't get you
03:26You don't rather don't get you
03:27You don't rather don't get you
03:28You don't rather don't get you
03:29You don't rather don't get you
03:30You don't rather don't get you
03:31You don't rather don't get you
03:32You don't rather don't get you
03:33You don't rather don't get you
03:34You don't rather don't get you
03:35You don't rather don't get you
03:36You don't rather don't get you
03:37You don't rather don't get you
03:38You don't get you
03:39You don't get you
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