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Sixteen Jumps

[tune of "16 Tons"]


    Some people say a jumper is made outta cash,
    But a parachutist is made outta credit and trash,
    Credit and trash and skin and bones –
    A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.

    You jump sixteen times an' whaddaya get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt.
    Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go –
    I owe my soul to the manifest 'ho!

    I was born one day when the winds did moan.
    I picked up my rig and I walked to the zone.
    I jumped sixteen times, out at 2 –
    An' the DZ boss said "Well, I'm still chargin' you."

    You jump sixteen times an' whaddaya get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt.
    Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go –
    I owe my soul to the manifest 'ho!

    I awoke one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain.
    Drinkin' and trouble are my middle names.
    I was raised in the loft by an ol' rigger man –
    Cain't no high-toned woman make me sober again!

    You jump sixteen times an' whaddaya get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt.
    Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go –
    I owe my soul to the manifest 'ho!

    If you see me froggin', better track away,
    A lotta men didn't, a lotta blood sprayed.
    A helmet of iron, booties tuned true –
    If you're in my way, I'm comin' through!

    You jump sixteen times an' whaddaya get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt.
    Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go –
    I owe my soul to the manifest 'ho!






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