16 Tons
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โฑ๏ธ 2:37 duration
๐ ID: 2209057
๐ Lyrics
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
You load 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 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 straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
You load 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 mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load 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
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will
You load 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
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
You load 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 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 straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
You load 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 mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load 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
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will
You load 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
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:04.26] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:09.89] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:13.38] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.40] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.40] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:23.27] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.95] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.60] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:35.10]
[00:38.29] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.63] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.90] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:49.07] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.49] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:56.07] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.99] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:02.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:08.68]
[01:11.61] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.52] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:18.10] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:22.42] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.63] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.81] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.84] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:35.56] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:40.88]
[01:45.21] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:49.33] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:52.62] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:55.76] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:57.62] Then the left one will
[01:59.06] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.60] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.79] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:12.75] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:22.79]
[00:09.89] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:13.38] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.40] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.40] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:23.27] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.95] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.60] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:35.10]
[00:38.29] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.63] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.90] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:49.07] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.49] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:56.07] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.99] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:02.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:08.68]
[01:11.61] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.52] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:18.10] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:22.42] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.63] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.81] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.84] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:35.56] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:40.88]
[01:45.21] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:49.33] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:52.62] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:55.76] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:57.62] Then the left one will
[01:59.06] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.60] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.79] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:12.75] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:22.79]