Sixteen Tons-Frankie laine

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:frankie laine] [al:The Very Best of Frankie Lane] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Sixteen Tons - Frankie laine [00:00.02]Written by：Travis/George Davis [00:00.04] [00:06.15]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:09.15] [00:09.70]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood [00:12.78]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:15.92]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong [00:18.67]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:21.70] [00:22.22]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:25.09]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:28.39]I owe my soul to the company store [00:32.91] [00:37.62]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine [00:40.41] [00:41.00]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [00:43.97]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:47.15]And the straw boss said well a bless my soul [00:49.85]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:53.49]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:56.36]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:59.77]I owe my soul to the company store [01:04.08] [01:08.95]Well I was born one mornin` it was drizzlin` rain [01:11.71] [01:12.40]Fightin` an` trouble are my middle name [01:15.14]I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion [01:17.86]Can`t no high-toned woman makes me walk the line [01:21.07]You load sixteen tons an` what do you get [01:24.74]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:27.29]St Peter don`t you call me cause I can`t go: [01:30.79]I owe my soul to the company store [01:36.03] [01:39.92]Well if you see me comin` better step aside [01:43.38]A lotta men didn`t; a lotta men died [01:46.47]One fist of iron the other of steel [01:49.43]If the right one don`t get you then the left one will [01:52.30]You load sixteen tons an` what do you get [01:55.82]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:58.54]St Peter don`t you call me cause I can`t go: [02:02.15] [02:03.39]I owe my soul to the company store