Sixteen Tons/Chain Gang-Stan Chandler/Jason Graae

[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 - Stan Chandler/Jason Graae [00:05.79]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:11.65]A poor mans made out of muscle and blood [00:16.00]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:20.06]A mind thats weak and a back thats strong [00:23.61]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [00:27.73] [00:28.30]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:32.07]Say peter don't you call me cus i can't go [00:36.62]I owe my soul to the company store [00:42.86] [00:45.89]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine [00:51.98]I picked my shovel and i walked to the mine [00:55.51]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:59.87]And the store boy say well bless my soul [01:03.92]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [01:08.48]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:12.31]Say peter don't you call me cus i can't go [01:16.85]I owe my soul to the company store [01:23.40] [01:25.02]Huh hah huh [01:29.39] [01:30.52]I can hear them saying [01:32.06] [01:32.91]Huh hah huh hah [01:39.09]Well don't you know [01:40.41]That's the sound of the men [01:42.78]Working on the chain gang [01:46.95] [01:48.21]That's the sound of the men [01:50.67]Working on the chain gang [01:55.11] [01:56.26]All day long they work so hard [01:59.08]To the sun is going down [02:02.80] [02:03.95]Working on the highways and byways [02:06.97]And wearing wearing a crown [02:11.50]You hear their moaning their lives away [02:15.64]Then you hear somebody say [02:18.47]Well don't you know [02:19.72]That's the sound of the men [02:22.02]Working on the chain gang [02:26.40] [02:27.56]That's the sound of the men [02:29.93]Working on the chain gang [02:33.40]I can hear them saying [02:34.85] [02:35.50]Huh my my my [02:37.97]My my [02:38.76]Work is so hard [02:41.55] [02:42.10]Well give me water [02:43.49]Huh i'm so thirsty [02:47.38]Huh my work is so hard [02:52.91]If you see me coming better step aside [02:58.69]A lot of men didn't [03:00.85]A lot of men died [03:02.30]I got a one fist of iron the other steel [03:06.76]If the right don't get ya then the left one will [03:10.59]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [03:15.10]Another day older and deeper in debt [03:19.04]Say peter don't you call me cus i can't go [03:23.75]I owe my soul to the company store