Sixteen Tons-The Comptones

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:The Comptones] [al:Listen Up: 50s Country] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons (十六吨) - The Comptones [00:04.72]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:09.17] [00:09.73]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood [00:12.52] [00:13.07]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:16.49]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong [00:19.22]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:22.96]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:26.35]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:29.42] [00:29.94]I owe my soul to the company store [00:34.68] [00:38.96]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine [00:43.77]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [00:46.94]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:50.17]And the straw boss said Well a-bless my soul [00:53.61]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:57.05]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:00.56]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:03.97]I owe my soul to the company store [01:08.82] [01:13.24]I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain [01:18.12]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name [01:21.31]Raised in the Canebrake by an old mama lion [01:24.62]Ain't no a high-toned woman make me walk the line [01:28.13]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:31.54]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:34.86]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:38.23]I owe my soul to the company store [01:43.38] [01:47.54]If you see me comin' better step aside [01:51.81] [01:52.39]A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died [01:55.47] [01:56.02]With one fist of iron and the other of steel [01:58.49]If the right one don't get you then the left one will [02:02.45]You load sixteen tons what do you get [02:05.47] [02:05.98]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:09.19]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:14.18] [02:14.84]I owe my soul to the company store