Sixteen Tons-Red Sovine

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:Red Sovine] [al:Red Sovine: Studio 102 Essentials] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons (十六吨) - Red Sovine [00:04.46]Some people say a man [00:07.19]Is made outta' mud [00:08.61] [00:09.17]A poor man's made [00:10.49]Outta' muscle and blood [00:11.73] [00:12.48]Muscle and blood and [00:14.00]Skin and bones [00:15.64]A mind that's a weak and [00:17.22]A back that's strong [00:18.65]You load sixteen tons [00:20.57]What do you get [00:21.59] [00:22.14]Another day older [00:23.42]And deeper in debt [00:25.09]Saint peter don't you [00:26.37]Call me 'cause I can't go [00:28.50]I owe my soul to the company store [00:33.72] [00:37.25]I was born one mornin' [00:39.96]When the sun didn't shine [00:41.77]I picked up my shovel and [00:43.52]I walked to the mine [00:44.92]I loaded sixteen tons [00:46.58]Of number 9 coal [00:48.13]And the store boss said [00:49.69]Well a bless my soul [00:51.31]You load sixteen tons [00:53.32]What do you get [00:54.70]Another day older and [00:56.49]Deeper in debt [00:57.73]Saint peter don't you [00:59.03]Call me 'cause I can't go [01:01.23]I owe my soul to the company store [01:06.31] [01:09.95]I was born one mornin' [01:12.63]It was drizzlin' rain [01:13.98] [01:14.70]Fightin' and trouble are [01:16.18]My middle name [01:17.52]I was raised in the canebrake [01:19.18]By an ol' mama lion [01:20.71]Cain't no a high toned [01:22.03]Woman make me walk the line [01:23.92]You load sixteen tons [01:25.83]What do you get [01:27.30]Another day older and [01:28.87]Deeper in debt [01:30.19]Saint peter don't you [01:31.52]Call me 'cause I can't go [01:33.79]I owe my soul to the [01:35.68]Company store [01:38.91] [01:42.59]If you see me comin' [01:45.20]Better step aside [01:46.43] [01:47.07]A lotta men didn't [01:48.44]A lotta men died [01:50.07]One fist of iron the [01:51.83]Other of steel [01:53.06]If the right one don't a get [01:55.01]You then the left one will [01:56.51]You load sixteen tons [01:58.36]What do you get [01:59.91]Another day older and [02:01.51]Deeper in debt [02:02.90]Saint peter don't you [02:04.17]Call me 'cause I can't go [02:08.14] [02:09.13]I owe my soul to the company store