Sixteen Tons-The Nighthawks

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:The Nighthawks] [al:...And All The Pieces Matter, Five Years Of Music From The Wire (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons - The Nighthawks [00:09.68]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:13.60] [00:14.12]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood [00:17.44] [00:18.61]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:21.86]A mind that's a weak and a back that's strong [00:25.55] [00:26.57]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:29.85]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:33.92]Saint peter don't you call me cause i can't go [00:37.64]I owe my soul to the company store [00:41.53] [00:42.48]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine [00:45.11] [00:45.85]I picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine [00:49.24] [00:49.94]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:53.27]And the straw boss said well a bless my soul [00:57.44]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:01.15] [01:01.81]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:05.31]Saint peter don't you call me cause i can't go [01:09.15]I owe my soul to the company store [01:12.99] [01:36.47]I was born one morning it was drizzling rain [01:40.28] [01:41.18]Fighting and trouble are my middle name [01:44.36] [01:44.88]I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion [01:48.76]Ain't no a high toned woman make me walk the line [01:52.53]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:56.25] [01:56.97]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:00.54]Saint peter don't you call me cause i can't go [02:04.49]I owe my soul to the company store [02:07.96] [02:43.88]If you see me coming better step aside [02:47.74]A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died [02:51.58] [02:52.11]With one fist of iron and the other of steel [02:55.23]If the right one don't get you then the left one will [02:59.13] [02:59.73]You load sixteen tons what do you get [03:02.87] [03:03.44]Another day older and deeper in debt [03:07.13]Saint peter don't you call me cause i can't go [03:11.33]I owe my soul to the company store