16 Tons
๐ต 1348 characters
โฑ๏ธ 2:37 duration
๐ ID: 998108
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
[00:04.53] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:09.13] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:12.68] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.15] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.25] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:22.57] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.82] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.31] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:37.01] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.44] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.66] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:48.82] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.22] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:55.43] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.61] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:02.07] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.12] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.23] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:18.53] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:21.78] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.15] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.69] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.74] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:35.49] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:40.81]
[01:43.17] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:48.98] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:52.68] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:55.70] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:57.43] Then the left one will
[01:59.17] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.26] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.46] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:11.31] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:11.31]
[00:09.13] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:12.68] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.15] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.25] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:22.57] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.82] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.31] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:37.01] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.44] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.66] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:48.82] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.22] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:55.43] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.61] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:02.07] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.12] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.23] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:18.53] I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:21.78] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.15] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.69] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.74] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:35.49] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:40.81]
[01:43.17] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:48.98] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:52.68] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:55.70] If the right one don't a-get you
[01:57.43] Then the left one will
[01:59.17] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.26] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.46] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:11.31] I owe my soul to the company store
[02:11.31]