Sixteen Tons
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โฑ๏ธ 2:53 duration
๐ ID: 25575390
๐ Lyrics
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons and 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, walked out to the mine
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
The straw boss shouted, "Well, bless my soul"
You load sixteen tons and 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, it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble, that's my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Ain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons and 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
Now if you see me coming, you better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will
You load sixteen tons and 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, skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons and 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, walked out to the mine
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
The straw boss shouted, "Well, bless my soul"
You load sixteen tons and 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, it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble, that's my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Ain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons and 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
Now if you see me coming, you better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will
You load sixteen tons and 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
[00:10.28] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:14.45] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:18.55] Muscle and blood, skin and bones
[00:22.17] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:25.52] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[00:29.81] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:33.31] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:37.64] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:43.18]
[00:51.26] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
[00:55.52] I picked up my shovel, walked out to the mine
[00:59.12] Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[01:03.43] The straw boss shouted, "Well, bless my soul"
[01:06.91] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[01:11.37] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:14.92] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:19.23] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:25.15]
[01:32.93] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
[01:37.28] Fighting and trouble, that's my middle name
[01:40.95] I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
[01:44.79] Ain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:48.54] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[01:52.99] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:56.67] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:00.98] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:06.84]
[02:14.18] Now if you see me coming, you better step aside
[02:18.61] A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
[02:22.73] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:26.48] If the right one don't get you, then the left one will
[02:30.16] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[02:34.47] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:38.01] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:42.34] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:53.12]
[00:14.45] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:18.55] Muscle and blood, skin and bones
[00:22.17] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:25.52] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[00:29.81] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:33.31] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:37.64] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:43.18]
[00:51.26] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
[00:55.52] I picked up my shovel, walked out to the mine
[00:59.12] Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[01:03.43] The straw boss shouted, "Well, bless my soul"
[01:06.91] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[01:11.37] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:14.92] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:19.23] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:25.15]
[01:32.93] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
[01:37.28] Fighting and trouble, that's my middle name
[01:40.95] I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
[01:44.79] Ain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:48.54] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[01:52.99] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:56.67] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:00.98] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:06.84]
[02:14.18] Now if you see me coming, you better step aside
[02:18.61] A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
[02:22.73] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:26.48] If the right one don't get you, then the left one will
[02:30.16] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
[02:34.47] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:38.01] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:42.34] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:53.12]