Sweet Sixteen

it appears i've officially made the top 20 of un-original blog names... http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2004/12/21/what-do-you-call-your-blog/

but sixteen ain't all that bad! Billy Idol, the Beatles, LeTigre, Inpsection 12, Jayhawks, the lovely Mizz Stefani, Destiny's Child (ok, one gack), Chuck Berry are singing it.
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Along with this guy...

Merle Travis 

Sorry, you'll have to click on the link to hear the song... I'm a low-brow blogger.
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Some people say a man is made out of mud

A poor man's made out of muscle and blood

Muscle and blood, skin and bones...

A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

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Chorus

You load sixteen tons, and 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