[00:08.52]Sixteen Tons
[00:09.15]Merle Travis
[00:10.44]Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:13.92]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:17.22]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:20.49]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:23.46]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[00:27.51]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:30.09]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:33.78]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:42.30]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:47.16]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:50.13]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:53.49]And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:56.64]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[01:00.39]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:03.30]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:07.02]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:16.50]I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:20.46]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:23.52]I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion
[01:26.55]Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:29.97]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[01:33.78]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:36.72]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:40.44]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:51.30]If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:54.93]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:58.20]One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:01.32]If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will
[02:04.29]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[02:08.10]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:10.98]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:15.78]I owe my soul to the company store
[02:41.43]by jojo

Sixteen Tons
Merle Travis
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
by jojo