16 Tons
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โฑ๏ธ 2:43 duration
๐ ID: 7216270
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
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
I owe my soul to the company store
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:10.98] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:14.55] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:17.24] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:20.09] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:22.74] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:25.41] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:28.29] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:31.85] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:35.10]
[00:45.42] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:48.12] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:50.94] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:54.58] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:57.24] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:00.08] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:02.74] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:06.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.87]
[01:20.09] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:23.69] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:26.35] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:29.04] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:31.91] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:34.63] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:37.46] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:41.05] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:44.53]
[01:54.65] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:58.20] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[02:00.96] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:03.60] If the right one don't a-get you
[02:05.49] Then the left one will
[02:06.36] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:09.28] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:12.07] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:17.42] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:27.62] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:37.48]
[00:14.55] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:17.24] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:20.09] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:22.74] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:25.41] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:28.29] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:31.85] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:35.10]
[00:45.42] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:48.12] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:50.94] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:54.58] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:57.24] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:00.08] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:02.74] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:06.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.87]
[01:20.09] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:23.69] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:26.35] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:29.04] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:31.91] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:34.63] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:37.46] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:41.05] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:44.53]
[01:54.65] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:58.20] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[02:00.96] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:03.60] If the right one don't a-get you
[02:05.49] Then the left one will
[02:06.36] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:09.28] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:12.07] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:17.42] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:27.62] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:37.48]