[ti:Sixteen Tons]
[ar:Graham Blvd.]
[00:00.60]Sixteen Tons - Graham Blvd.
[00:04.67]Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:09.48]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:13.03]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.26]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.30]You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:23.00]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:26.20]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.86]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:38.87]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:43.59]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:46.65]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:50.51]And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:53.38]You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:57.15]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:00.12]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:03.89]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:13.12]I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:17.83]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:21.07]I was raised in the canebrake by an on mama lion
[01:24.30]Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:27.87]You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:31.51]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:34.72]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:38.45]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:47.46]If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:52.33]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:55.69]One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:58.73]If the right one don't a-get you
[02:00.69]Then the left one will
[02:02.10]You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:05.82]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:09.17]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:14.82]I owe my soul to the company store