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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