[ti:Sixteen Tons]
[ar:Red Sovine]
[00:00.33]Sixteen Tons - Red Sovine
[00:04.46]Some people say a man
[00:07.19]Is made outta' mud
[00:09.17]A poor man's made
[00:10.49]Outta' muscle and blood
[00:12.48]Muscle and blood and
[00:14.00]Skin and bones
[00:15.64]A mind that's a weak and
[00:17.22]A back that's strong
[00:18.65]You load sixteen tons
[00:20.57]What do you get
[00:22.14]Another day older
[00:23.42]And deeper in debt
[00:25.09]Saint peter don't you
[00:26.37]Call me 'cause I can't go
[00:28.50]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:37.25]I was born one mornin'
[00:39.96]When the sun didn't shine
[00:41.77]I picked up my shovel and
[00:43.52]I walked to the mine
[00:44.92]I loaded sixteen tons
[00:46.58]Of number 9 coal
[00:48.13]And the store boss said
[00:49.69]Well a bless my soul
[00:51.31]You load sixteen tons
[00:53.32]What do you get
[00:54.70]Another day older and
[00:56.49]Deeper in debt
[00:57.73]Saint peter don't you
[00:59.03]Call me 'cause I can't go
[01:01.23]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:09.95]I was born one mornin'
[01:12.63]It was drizzlin' rain
[01:14.70]Fightin' and trouble are
[01:16.18]My middle name
[01:17.52]I was raised in the canebrake
[01:19.18]By an ol' mama lion
[01:20.71]Cain't no a high toned
[01:22.03]Woman make me walk the line
[01:23.92]You load sixteen tons
[01:25.83]What do you get
[01:27.30]Another day older and
[01:28.87]Deeper in debt
[01:30.19]Saint peter don't you
[01:31.52]Call me 'cause I can't go
[01:33.79]I owe my soul to the
[01:35.68]Company store
[01:42.59]If you see me comin'
[01:45.20]Better step aside
[01:47.07]A lotta men didn't
[01:48.44]A lotta men died
[01:50.07]One fist of iron the
[01:51.83]Other of steel
[01:53.06]If the right one don't a get
[01:55.01]You then the left one will
[01:56.51]You load sixteen tons
[01:58.36]What do you get
[01:59.91]Another day older and
[02:01.51]Deeper in debt
[02:02.90]Saint peter don't you
[02:04.17]Call me 'cause I can't go
[02:09.13]I owe my soul to the company store