Sixteen Tons

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:frankie laine] [al:Locos por el Country] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.63]Sixteen Tons - frankie laine [00:02.22] [00:09.29]Some people say a man is made of a mud [00:13.78]A poor man's made of muscie and blood [00:18.25]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:22.32]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong [00:27.29]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:30.56] [00:31.68]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:36.30]Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go [00:40.63]I woe my soul to the company store [00:46.60] [00:54.38]I was born one morning [00:57.19]When the sun didn't shine [00:59.18]I picked up my shovel I walked to the mine [01:03.16]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [01:07.75]And the strawboss said "Well best my soul" [01:12.64]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:17.76]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:21.76]Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go [01:26.26]I woe my soul to the company store [01:34.80] [01:39.74]I was born one morning it was drizzling rain [01:44.70]Fighting and trouble are my middle name [01:48.74]I was raised in a cane [01:50.92]Brake by an old name lion can't [01:53.16]No I call woman make me walk the line [01:58.08]You load sixteen tons what do you get [02:03.33]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:07.37]Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go [02:11.88]I woe my soul to the company store [02:20.72] [02:25.21]If you see me coming better step a side [02:30.24]A lotta man didn't a lotta men died [02:34.76]One fist of iron the other of steel [02:38.82]If the right one don't get you [02:40.97]Then the left on will you [02:44.27]You load sixteen tons what do you get [02:49.14]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:52.87]Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go [02:57.26]I woe my soul to the company store