16 Tons
๐ต 1348 characters
โฑ๏ธ 2:37 duration
๐ ID: 2309786
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
[00:04.52] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:09.13] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:12.65] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.10] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.21] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:22.54] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.80] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.34] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:37.02] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.47] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.61] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:48.83] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.22] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:55.43] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.61] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:02.04] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.18] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.20] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:18.58] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:21.78] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.15] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.64] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.79] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:35.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:40.76]
[01:43.11] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:48.99] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:52.65] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:55.72] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:57.42] Then the left one will
[01:59.14] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.28] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.44] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:11.38] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:11.38]
[00:09.13] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:12.65] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.10] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.21] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:22.54] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.80] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.34] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:37.02] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.47] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.61] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:48.83] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.22] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:55.43] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.61] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:02.04] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.18] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.20] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:18.58] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:21.78] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.15] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.64] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.79] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:35.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:40.76]
[01:43.11] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:48.99] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:52.65] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:55.72] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:57.42] Then the left one will
[01:59.14] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.28] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.44] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:11.38] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:11.38]