Sixteen Tons-Eric Burdon/Solomon

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:Eric Burdon] [al:Music from Joe Versus the Volcano] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons - Eric Burdon/Solomon [00:02.48]Some people say a man is made outta' mud [00:06.11] [00:06.76]A poor man's made outta' muscle and blood [00:10.02]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:13.37]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong [00:16.58]You load sixteen tons what do ya get [00:19.61] [00:20.16]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:22.80] [00:23.62]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:26.99]I owe my soul to the company store [00:31.55] [00:36.94]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine [00:39.86] [00:40.59]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [00:43.53]I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal [00:47.28]And the store boss said "Well a-bless my soul" [00:50.32]You load sixteen tons what do ya get [00:53.96]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:57.24]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:00.71]I owe my soul to the company store [01:04.23] [01:10.76]I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain [01:13.54] [01:14.23]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name [01:17.55]I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion [01:20.92]Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line [01:24.04]You load sixteen tons what do ya get [01:27.51]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:31.02]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:34.46]I owe my soul to the company store [01:37.61] [01:44.03]If you see me comin' better step aside [01:48.34] [01:48.98]A lotta men didn't a lotta men died [01:51.72] [01:52.33]One fist of iron the other of steel [01:55.72]If the right one don't getcha then the left one will [01:59.29]You load sixteen tons what do ya get [02:02.44]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:05.71]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:12.75]I owe my soul to the company store [02:24.11] [03:04.91]And you see me comin' better step aside [03:08.38]A lotta men didn't a lotta men died [03:11.76]One fist of iron the other of steel [03:15.04]If the right one don't getcha then the left one will [03:18.29]You load sixteen tons what do ya get [03:21.36] [03:21.88]Another day older and deeper in debt [03:25.02]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [03:28.60]I owe my soul to the company store