文本歌词

Sixteen Tons(Live) (Live) - 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 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
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 morning it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol mama lion
Can't no a high toned woman make me walk the line
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 coming 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