16 Tons
๐ต 1348 characters
โฑ๏ธ 3:45 duration
๐ ID: 9102224
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
[00:00.38] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:03.10] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:07.04] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:10.80] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:13.67] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:17.46] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:20.38] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:24.17] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:33.73] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:37.60] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:41.53] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:45.30] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:48.22] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:52.13] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:54.94] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:58.74] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.31] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:13.16] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:16.08] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:19.86] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:22.69] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:26.47] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:29.45] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:33.28] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:41.14] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:47.72] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:51.62] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:54.58] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:56.17] Then the left one will
[01:58.04] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:01.86] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.65] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:10.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:28.60]
[00:03.10] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:07.04] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:10.80] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:13.67] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:17.46] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:20.38] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:24.17] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:33.73] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:37.60] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:41.53] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:45.30] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:48.22] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:52.13] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:54.94] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:58.74] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.31] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:13.16] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:16.08] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:19.86] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:22.69] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:26.47] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:29.45] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:33.28] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:41.14] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:47.72] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:51.62] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:54.58] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:56.17] Then the left one will
[01:58.04] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:01.86] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.65] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:10.44] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:28.60]