Sixteen Tons-Steve Elkins

[00:00.80]Sixteen Tons [00:02.01]Merle Travis [00:03.33] [00:05.38]Some people say a man is made outta mud [00:10.37]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood [00:13.98]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:16.98]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong [00:20.15]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [00:23.67]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:26.87]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:30.48]I owe my soul to the company store [00:34.26] [00:38.90]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine [00:43.55]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [00:46.66]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:49.95]And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul" [00:53.16]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [00:56.83]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:59.92]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:03.53]I owe my soul to the company store [01:08.84] [01:12.12]I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain [01:16.96]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name [01:20.10]I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion [01:23.17]Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line [01:26.75]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [01:30.26]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:33.26]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:36.90]I owe my soul to the company store [01:41.95] [01:46.71]If you see me comin', better step aside [01:51.44]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died [01:54.85]One fist of iron, the other of steel [01:57.95]If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will [02:00.99]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [02:04.79]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:07.69]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:13.93]I owe my soul to the company store [02:31.44] [02:34.89]by jojo [02:37.00]