Sixteen Tons-Oscar Brown, Jr.

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:Oscar Brown, Jr.] [al:In a New Mood] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons (十六吨) - Oscar Brown, Jr. [00:06.55]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:09.55] [00:10.20]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood [00:13.22]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:16.48]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong [00:19.55]You load sixteen tons, what do you get [00:23.00]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:26.03]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:29.36]I owe my soul to the company store [00:31.78] [00:38.91]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine [00:41.92] [00:42.50]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [00:45.66]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:48.74]And the straw boss said ＂Well, a-bless my soul＂ [00:51.75] [00:52.39]You load sixteen tons, what do you get [00:55.36]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:58.37]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:01.78]I owe my soul to the company store [01:04.20] [01:11.40]I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain [01:14.37] [01:15.19]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name [01:17.87]Raised in the Canebrake by an old mama lion [01:21.11]Ain't no a high-toned woman make me walk the line [01:24.26]You load sixteen tons, what do you get [01:27.73]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:30.82]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:33.59] [01:34.20]I owe my soul to the company store [01:37.00] [01:43.92]If you see me comin', better step aside [01:46.22] [01:47.44]A lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died [01:50.56]With one fist of iron, and the other of steel [01:53.78]If the right one don't get you then the left one will [01:56.42] [01:56.94]You load sixteen tons, what do you get [02:00.22]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:03.41]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:06.74]I owe my soul to the company store