16 Tons

[00:03.37] Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:07.76] A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:10.82] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:14.81] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:18.15] You load 16 tons, what do you get?
[00:21.44] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:24.48] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:28.55] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:32.69] Shh
[00:39.82] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.58] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:46.63] Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
[00:50.18] And the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:53.85] 16 tons, what do you get?
[00:57.93] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:01.27] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:03.57] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:07.85] Yeah
[01:15.26] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
[01:18.46] A-fighting and trouble are my middle name
[01:21.36] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:25.66] Ain't no boss man live make me walk the line
[01:29.42] I load 16 tons, what do you get?
[01:33.09] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:35.53] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:38.75] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:57.34] So if you see me coming, better step aside
[02:01.08] A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
[02:04.53] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:07.82] If the right one don't get you
[02:10.34] Then the left one will
[02:12.20] You load 16 tons and what do you get?
[02:15.68] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:18.47] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:22.13] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:25.93] To the company store
[02:32.02] To the company store
[02:35.71] Yeah
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