Artist: Tom Jones Title: Sixteen Tons Composer: Merle Travis =========================================
Some people say a man is made out of mud A poor man's made out of muscle and blood Muscle and blood skin and bone A mind that's too weak and a back that's too strong
You loaded sixteen tons and what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me because I can't go I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal The store boss said, Well, bless my soul
You loaded sixteen tons and what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me because I can't go I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning It was drizzle and rain Fighting and Trouble are my middle name I was raised in a canebrake by an old mama lion And not a hot colonel woman make me walk the line
You loaded sixteen tons and what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me because I can't go I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me coming You'd better step aside A lot of men didn't A lot of men died I got one fist of iron The other's of steel If the right one did not get you then the left one will
You loaded sixteen tons and what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me because I can't go