Sixteen Tons-The Soaked Lamb

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:The Soaked Lamb] [al:Evergreens] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons (十六吨) - The Soaked Lamb [00:04.11]Written by：Merle Travis [00:08.22]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:13.50] [00:14.14]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood [00:17.53] [00:18.20]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:22.05]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong [00:25.88]You load sixteen tons what you get [00:29.69]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:33.70]St Peter don'cha call me 'cause I can't go [00:37.41] [00:37.95]I owe my soul to the company store [00:42.37] [00:46.20]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine [00:50.83] [00:51.43]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [00:55.12]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:59.03]And the straw boss said Well bless my soul [01:02.75]You load sixteen tons what you get [01:06.40]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:10.10]St Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:14.24]I owe my soul to the company store [01:18.75] [01:22.35]I was born one morning it was drizzlin' rain [01:26.81] [01:27.34]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name [01:30.83]I was raised in the cane [01:32.56]Break by an old mama lion [01:34.66]Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line [01:38.24]You load sixteen tons what you get [01:41.84]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:45.32]St Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:49.28]I owe my soul to the company store [01:53.97] [01:59.01]If you see me comin' better step aside [02:03.59] [02:04.18]A lotta men didn't a lotta men died [02:07.32] [02:07.93]One fist of iron the other of steel [02:11.41]If the right one don't get you then the left one will [02:15.16]You load sixteen tons what you get [02:18.67]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:22.30]St Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:26.39]I owe my soul to the company store