Sixteen Tons - Jimmy Dean

作词：M Travis

作曲：M Travis

Some people say a man is made outta mud

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood

Muscle and blood skin and bones

A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get

Another day older and deeper in 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 a shovel an' I walked out to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of Number 9 coal

An' the store boss said: Well bless my soul

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get

Another day older and deeper in 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' an' trouble was my middle name

I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion

Can't no high-toned woman makes me walk the line

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get

Another day older and deeper in 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 an' 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 an' what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

St Peter don't you call me cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store