Sixteen Tons
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โฑ๏ธ 2:47 duration
๐ ID: 1713487
๐ Lyrics
Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You loaded sixteen tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me
Cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning 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 straw boss said: "Wella bless my soul"
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lot of man didn't, a lot of man died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Of the right one doesn't get you, then the left one will
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You loaded sixteen tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me
Cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning 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 straw boss said: "Wella bless my soul"
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lot of man didn't, a lot of man died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Of the right one doesn't get you, then the left one will
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.78] Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:05.25] A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:08.89] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:12.02] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:14.88] You loaded sixteen tons
[00:16.73] What do you get?
[00:18.28] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:21.45] Saint Peter don't you call me
[00:23.53] Cause I can't go
[00:24.87] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:32.47] I was born one morning when the sun didn 't shine
[00:38.15] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:41.26] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:44.96] And the straw boss said: "Wella bless my soul"
[01:41.35] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:45.86] A lot of man didn't, a lot of man died
[01:49.42] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:52.49] Of the right one doesn't get you, then the left one will
[02:25.03]
[00:05.25] A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:08.89] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:12.02] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:14.88] You loaded sixteen tons
[00:16.73] What do you get?
[00:18.28] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:21.45] Saint Peter don't you call me
[00:23.53] Cause I can't go
[00:24.87] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:32.47] I was born one morning when the sun didn 't shine
[00:38.15] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:41.26] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:44.96] And the straw boss said: "Wella bless my soul"
[01:41.35] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:45.86] A lot of man didn't, a lot of man died
[01:49.42] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:52.49] Of the right one doesn't get you, then the left one will
[02:25.03]