Sixteen Tons歌詞

Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Some people say a man
Is made outta mud
A poor man's made
Outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood
And skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak
And a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons
What do you get
Another day older
And deeper in debt
Saint 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
I loaded sixteen tons
Of number nine coal
And the straw boss said
"Well a-bless my soul"
You load sixteen tons
What do you get
Another day older
And deeper in debt
Saint 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 the
Canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned
Woman make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons
What do you get
Another day older
And deeper in debt
Saint 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 a-get you
Then the left one will
You load sixteen tons
What do you get
Another day older
And deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you
Call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to
The company store