Sixteen Tons-Merle Travis/His Texans

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:Merle Travis] [al:The Country Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons - Merle Travis [00:03.32]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:06.31]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:08.78] [00:09.30]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:11.85] [00:12.55]I owe my soul to the company store [00:14.31] [00:52.70]Some people say a man is made outta mud [00:55.37]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood [00:58.44]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [01:01.12]A mind that's a weak and a back that's strong [01:04.05]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:06.47] [01:07.06]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:09.14] [01:09.73]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:12.16] [01:12.84]I owe my soul to the company store [01:15.00] [01:18.20]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine [01:21.46]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [01:24.23]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [01:26.98]And the straw boss said well a bless my soul [01:29.55]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:33.01]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:35.77]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:38.33] [01:39.39]I owe my soul to the company store [01:41.22] [01:47.21]I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain [01:49.70] [01:50.59]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name [01:53.15]I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion [01:56.07]Cain't no a high toned woman make me walk the line [01:58.45] [01:58.99]You load sixteen tons what do you get [02:01.80]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:04.61]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:07.29] [02:07.90]I owe my soul to the company store [02:10.23] [02:21.72]If you see me comin' better step aside [02:24.17] [02:24.93]A lotta men didn't a lotta men died [02:27.53]One fist of iron the other of steel [02:29.87] [02:30.53]If the right one don't a get you then the left one will [02:33.44]You load sixteen tons what do you get [02:35.76] [02:36.35]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:39.09]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:41.55] [02:42.72]I owe my soul to the company store