Sixteen Tons-Tennessee Ernie Ford/Lawrence Welk

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:Tennessee Ernie Ford] [al:A Soulful Valentines] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons (十六吨) - Tennessee Ernie Ford/Lawrence Welk [00:05.29]Some people say a man [00:08.60]Is made outta mud [00:10.22]A poor man's made [00:11.78]Outta muscle and blood [00:13.53]Muscle and blood [00:14.96]And skin and bones [00:17.15]A mind that's a-weak [00:18.40]And a back that's strong [00:20.08]You load sixteen tons [00:21.77]What do you get [00:23.51]Another day older [00:25.07]And deeper in debt [00:26.76]Saint Peter don't you [00:28.07]Call me 'cause I can't go [00:30.19]I owe my soul to the company store [00:32.87] [00:39.11]I was born one mornin' [00:42.05]When the sun didn't shine [00:43.67]I picked up my shovel [00:45.17]And I walked to the mine [00:46.73]I loaded sixteen tons [00:48.16]Of number nine coal [00:49.91]And the straw boss said [00:51.53]"Well a-bless my soul" [00:53.34]You load sixteen tons [00:54.96]What do you get [00:56.77]Another day older [00:58.27]And deeper in debt [00:59.77]Saint Peter don't [01:01.20]You call me 'cause I can't go [01:03.01]I owe my soul to [01:05.20]The company store [01:06.32] [01:12.38]I was born one mornin' [01:15.12]It was drizzlin' rain [01:16.49] [01:17.18]Fightin' and trouble [01:18.49]Are my middle name [01:20.17]I was raised in the [01:21.73]Canebrake by an ol' mama lion [01:23.04]Cain't no-a high-toned [01:23.91]Woman make me walk the line [01:26.78]You load sixteen tons [01:28.22]What do you get [01:29.59]Another day older [01:31.71]And deeper in debt [01:33.52]Saint Peter don't you [01:34.77]Call me 'cause I can't go [01:36.46]I owe my soul [01:38.20]To the company store [01:39.89] [01:46.75]If you see me comin' [01:49.56]Better step aside [01:51.24]A lotta men didn't [01:52.87]A lotta men died [01:54.74]One fist of iron [01:56.30]The other of steel [01:57.73]If the right [01:58.61]One don't a-get you [01:59.54]Then the left one will [02:01.04]You load sixteen tons [02:02.60]What do you get [02:04.29]Another day older [02:06.03]And deeper in debt [02:07.53]Saint Peter don't you [02:09.09]Call me 'cause I can't go [02:10.90]I owe my soul to [02:25.44]The company store