16 tons

[00:00.35] "Sixteen Tons"

[00:07.34] Some people say a man is made out of mud

[00:10.10] A poor man's made out of muscle and blood

[00:13.08] Muscle and blood and skin and bones

[00:17.84] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

[00:19.86] You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?

[00:23.34] Another day older and deeper in debt

[00:26.34] St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go

[00:29.84] I owe my soul to the company store

[00:39.83] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine

[00:43.11] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

[00:46.36] I loaded sixteen tons of number-nine coal

[00:49.88] And the straw boss said, "Well bless my soul!"

[00:53.10] You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?

[00:56.34] Another day older and deeper in debt

[00:59.34] St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go

[01:03.11] I owe my soul to the company store

[01:13.35] I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain

[01:16.60] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

[01:19.85] I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion

[01:22.84] Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line

[01:26.60] You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?

[01:29.83] Another day older and deeper in debt

[01:32.86] St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go

[01:36.59] I owe my soul to the company store

[01:46.34] If you see me comin' better step aside

[01:50.85] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died

[01:54.11] One fist of iron, the other of steel

[01:57.37] If the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[02:01.10] You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?

[02:04.88] Another day older and deeper in debt

[02:07.60] St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go

[02:14.34] I owe my soul to the company store