- Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons 歌詞
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor mans made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind thats weak and a back thats strong
You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter doncha call me, cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning when the sun didnt shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number-nine coal
And the straw boss said,
'Well bless my soul!'
You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter doncha call me, cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning, it was drizzlin rain
Fightin and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion
Cant no high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter doncha call me, cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me comin better step aside
A lotta men didnt, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one dont getcha then the left one will
You load sixteen tons, whattaya get ?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter doncha call me, cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company store
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