Sixteen Tons-The Drifters Caravan

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:The Drifters Caravan] [al:Nashville Meets Germany] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Sixteen Tons - The Drifters Caravan [00:00.02]Written by：Merle Travis [00:00.04] [00:00.62]Some people say a man [00:03.00]Is made outta' mud [00:04.42] [00:04.93]A poor man's made [00:06.48]Outta' muscle and blood [00:08.23]Muscle and blood and [00:10.59]Skin and bones [00:11.51] [00:12.06]A mind that's a weak and [00:13.86]A back that's strong [00:15.46]You load sixteen tons [00:17.35] [00:17.94]What do you get [00:19.41]Another day older [00:20.78]And deeper in debt [00:22.55]Saint peter don't you [00:23.98]Call me 'cause I can't go [00:25.96] [00:26.48]I owe my soul to the company store [00:31.46] [00:36.89]I was born one mornin' [00:38.67]When the sun didn't shine [00:40.10] [00:40.89]I picked up my shovel and [00:42.41]I walked to the mine [00:43.97]I loaded sixteen tons [00:45.88]Of number 9 coal [00:47.66]And the store boss said [00:49.42]Well a bless my soul [00:51.30]You load sixteen tons [00:53.18] [00:53.91]What do you get [00:55.25]Another day older and [00:56.98]Deeper in debt [00:58.42]Saint peter don't you [01:00.08]Call me 'cause I can't go [01:01.80] [01:02.35]I owe my soul to the company store [01:08.00] [01:13.23]I was born one mornin' [01:14.93]It was drizzlin' rain [01:16.49] [01:17.25]Fightin' and trouble are [01:18.53]My middle name [01:20.26]I was raised in the canebrake [01:22.13]By an ol' mama lion [01:23.83]Cain't no a high toned [01:25.26]Woman make me walk the line [01:27.54]You load sixteen tons [01:30.21]What do you get [01:31.63]Another day older and [01:33.22]Deeper in debt [01:34.63]Saint peter don't you [01:36.13]Call me 'cause I can't go [01:38.62]I owe my soul to the [01:40.30]Company store [01:44.93]If you see me comin' [01:46.11]Better step aside [01:48.07] [01:48.75]A lotta men didn't [01:50.06]A lotta men died [01:51.53] [01:52.22]One fist of iron the [01:54.27]Other of steel [01:55.64]If the right one don't a get [01:57.54]You then the left one will [01:59.36]You load sixteen tons [02:01.97]What do you get [02:03.43]Another day older and [02:05.06]Deeper in debt [02:06.78]Saint peter don't you [02:08.12]Call me 'cause I can't go [02:12.57]I owe my soul to the company store