Sixteen Tons歌詞

[ti:Sixteen Tons]
[ar:Tennessee Ernie Ford]
[al:A Soulful Valentines]
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[00:00.00]Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
[00:05.29]Some people say a man
[00:08.60]Is made outta mud
[00:10.22]A poor man's made
[00:11.78]Outta muscle and blood
[00:13.53]Muscle and blood
[00:14.96]And skin and bones
[00:17.15]A mind that's a-weak
[00:18.40]And a back that's strong
[00:20.08]You load sixteen tons
[00:21.77]What do you get
[00:23.51]Another day older
[00:25.07]And deeper in debt
[00:26.76]Saint Peter don't you
[00:28.07]Call me 'cause I can't go
[00:30.19]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:32.87]
[00:39.11]I was born one mornin'
[00:42.05]When the sun didn't shine
[00:43.67]I picked up my shovel
[00:45.17]And I walked to the mine
[00:46.73]I loaded sixteen tons
[00:48.16]Of number nine coal
[00:49.91]And the straw boss said
[00:51.53]"Well a-bless my soul"
[00:53.34]You load sixteen tons
[00:54.96]What do you get
[00:56.77]Another day older
[00:58.27]And deeper in debt
[00:59.77]Saint Peter don't
[01:01.20]You call me 'cause I can't go
[01:03.01]I owe my soul to
[01:05.20]The company store
[01:06.32]
[01:12.38]I was born one mornin'
[01:15.12]It was drizzlin' rain
[01:16.49]
[01:17.18]Fightin' and trouble
[01:18.49]Are my middle name
[01:20.17]I was raised in the
[01:21.73]Canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:23.04]Cain't no-a high-toned
[01:23.91]Woman make me walk the line
[01:26.78]You load sixteen tons
[01:28.22]What do you get
[01:29.59]Another day older
[01:31.71]And deeper in debt
[01:33.52]Saint Peter don't you
[01:34.77]Call me 'cause I can't go
[01:36.46]I owe my soul
[01:38.20]To the company store
[01:39.89]
[01:46.75]If you see me comin'
[01:49.56]Better step aside
[01:51.24]A lotta men didn't
[01:52.87]A lotta men died
[01:54.74]One fist of iron
[01:56.30]The other of steel
[01:57.73]If the right
[01:58.61]One don't a-get you
[01:59.54]Then the left one will
[02:01.04]You load sixteen tons
[02:02.60]What do you get
[02:04.29]Another day older
[02:06.03]And deeper in debt
[02:07.53]Saint Peter don't you
[02:09.09]Call me 'cause I can't go
[02:10.90]I owe my soul to
[02:25.44]The company store