Sixteen Tons - Frankie laine
Written by:Travis
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
A muscle and blood
Skin and bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper and debt
St peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the
Mine
Loaded sixteen tons of no 9 coal
And the store boss said well bless my soul
You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper and debt
St peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in a cane
Brake by an old name'lion can't
No icall woman make me walk the line a road
Sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper and debt
St peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me comin' better step aside
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
One fist of iron the other of steel
If the right one don't get you then the left
One will
You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper and debt
St peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul
To the company store