Sixteen Tons / Chain Gang-Guy Stroman/Jason Graae/Stan Chandler

[ti:Sixteen Tons / Chain Gang] [ar:Guy Stroman] [al:Forever Plaid - The Heavenly Musical Hits (Original Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons / Chain Gang - Guy Stroman/Jason Graae/Stan Chandler [00:06.72]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:12.58]A poor mans made out of muscle and blood [00:16.94]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:20.99]A mind thats weak and a back thats strong [00:24.54]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [00:28.66] [00:29.23]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:33.00]Say peter don't you call me cus i can't go [00:37.55]I owe my soul to the company store [00:43.80] [00:46.83]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine [00:52.91]I picked my shovel and i walked to the mine [00:56.44]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [01:00.80]And the store boy say well bless my soul [01:04.85]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [01:09.42]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:13.25]Say peter don't you call me cus i can't go [01:17.79]I owe my soul to the company store [01:24.34] [01:25.95]Huh hah huh [01:30.32] [01:31.45]I can hear them saying [01:32.99] [01:33.84]Huh hah huh hah [01:40.02]Well don't you know [01:41.34]That's the sound of the men [01:43.71]Working on the chain gang [01:47.88] [01:49.14]That's the sound of the men [01:51.60]Working on the chain gang [01:56.04] [01:57.19]All day long they work so hard [02:00.02]To the sun is going down [02:03.74] [02:04.89]Working on the highways and byways [02:07.91]And wearing wearing a crown [02:12.43]You hear their moaning their lives away [02:16.57]Then you hear somebody say [02:19.40]Well don't you know [02:20.65]That's the sound of the men [02:22.95]Working on the chain gang [02:27.33] [02:28.49]That's the sound of the men [02:30.86]Working on the chain gang [02:34.33]I can hear them saying [02:35.78] [02:36.43]Huh my my my [02:38.91]My my [02:39.70]Work is so hard [02:42.49] [02:43.04]Well give me water [02:44.43]Huh i'm so thirsty [02:48.32]Huh my work is so hard [02:53.85]If you see me coming better step aside [02:59.62]A lot of men didn't [03:01.78]A lot of men died [03:03.23]I got a one fist of iron the other steel [03:07.70]If the right don't get ya then the left one will [03:11.53]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [03:16.04]Another day older and deeper in debt [03:19.98]Say peter don't you call me cus i can't go [03:24.68]I owe my soul to the company store