[00:00.09]Sixteen Tons-Merle Travis
[00:02.94]Sixteen Tons
[00:03.30]Merle Travis
[00:04.23]Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:06.42]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:10.68]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:14.37]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:17.61]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[00:21.24]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:26.28]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:30.09]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:37.95]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.36]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.36]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:49.53]And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:53.04]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[00:56.58]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:00.99]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:07.05]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:13.26]I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:14.37]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:25.56]I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion
[01:26.82]Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:28.20]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[01:32.91]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:36.12]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:40.80]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:48.03]If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:48.87]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:50.58]One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:55.95]If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will
[01:57.24]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[02:02.91]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:11.25]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:27.90]I owe my soul to the company store
[02:37.14]by jojo

Sixteen Tons-Merle Travis
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