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