Sixteen Tons lyrics by Tom Jones
Artist: Tom JonesTitle: Sixteen Tons
Composer: Merle Travis
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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
I owe my soul
to the company store
