Anatomy

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I've wandered far and wide
This road keeps winding on
Can't stop these hands of time
Or right a world gone wrong


Chorus:
And i guess somewhere way out along the way
There was a vision i got
But then i lost my train of thought



Now i don't mean to stall
Or keep you here too long
Like echoes off the wall
It's here and then it's gone


Chorus:
And once all and everything came back to me
All the battles we'd fought
But then i lost my train of thought
I lost my train of thought



All the world and history
Burns like a bad sign
And here within my reach revealed
The clouds part in my mind
I see the love that i sought
But then i lost my train of thought
I lost my train of thought


The road is winding down
I'll need another clue
This seems familiar now
Or is this deja vu


Chorus:
And i guess somewhere way out along the way
There were feelings i fought
But then i lost my train of thought
I lost my train of thought
My train of thought
My train of thought

sixteens tons
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Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of mud and muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the strawboss said, "well, bless my soul!"
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I was born one mornin', it was drizllin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the cane break by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line
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If you see me comin' better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
And if the right one don't get you, then the left one will
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Mission bell is ringin' for you
No one 'round and nothin' to do
Memory will fly and will fall
It's something you used to write on the wall


Chorus:
Wrong, so wrong, we're wrong
People pass and walk a road that's
Long, so long, it's long
See you when the sun is high



Wind is wild and blowin' too fast
The first in line will soon be the last
And when you go, somebody will cite
Ground control, better cancel this flight


Chorus repeat


Maybe someday you'll finally reveal
Something you stole, or something you'll steal
Now everyone is pulling their load
And do they grow, or do they explode


Chorus repeat x2

Here where the carousel spins
On an ocean of blame
We pick pockets in the crowds
Near the gold mines of shame


And i will wear a red ruby ring
That reflects the full moon
Meet me on the corner tonight
And we'll sleep deep down in the sand dunes


Chorus:
Susie climbed a mountain of tacks
She lost control of the facts
She put all of the clothes in a brown paper sack
And drove outta state the next day before sunrise
Before sunrise



Susie climbed a mountain of tacks


Walkin' by the old funzone1
South of the gutter of doubt
Past a broken mirror glass
The reflection faded in and out
And i saw her there


Chorus repeat x3

They say that i'm a loner
They say that i'm a stooge
But all i've ever wanted
Was back in baton rouge
We'd paddle up the river
Go fishin' in a stream
We'd see the people drinkin'
On the mississippi queen


Chorus:
And mama had a stove
And daddy had a still
Then daddy ran away
With his second cousin jill



I left home at ten
I joined a carnival
Washin' down the elephants
Life was never dull
One night when the clowns
Had all got drunk
I sneaked into your wagon
And rifled through your trunk


Chorus repeat


And mama raised us up
To never tell a lie
Except when there's a secret
Where the neighbors tend to pry
Mama had a stove repeat x2