16 Tons
๐ต 1349 characters
โฑ๏ธ 2:35 duration
๐ ID: 6996839
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
[00:04.77] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:10.13] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:13.60] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.73] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.62] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:23.37] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:26.40] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:30.01] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:38.51] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:43.32] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:46.42] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:49.61] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.89] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:56.56] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:59.77] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:03.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:11.92] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:16.97] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:19.82] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:23.03] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:26.25] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:30.44] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:33.02] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:36.75] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:42.85]
[01:46.39] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:51.34] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:54.77] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:57.66] If the right one don't a-get you then the left one will
[02:00.70] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:04.52] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:07.56] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:13.87] I owe my soul-
[02:24.96] To the company store
[02:33.17]
[00:10.13] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:13.60] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.73] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.62] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:23.37] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:26.40] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:30.01] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:38.51] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:43.32] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:46.42] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:49.61] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.89] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:56.56] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:59.77] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:03.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:11.92] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:16.97] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:19.82] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:23.03] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:26.25] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:30.44] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:33.02] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:36.75] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:42.85]
[01:46.39] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:51.34] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:54.77] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:57.66] If the right one don't a-get you then the left one will
[02:00.70] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:04.52] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:07.56] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:13.87] I owe my soul-
[02:24.96] To the company store
[02:33.17]