Sixteen Tons

Sixteen Tons - Tom Jones

Written by：Merle Travis

Some people say a man is made out of mud

Well a poor man's made outta muscle and blood

Muscle and blood

Skin and bone

A mind

That's weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons and whaddaya get

Another day older and deeper in dept

Saint peter don'tcha 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 his shovel

And walk to the mines

I loaded sixteen tons number nine coal

Till boss said

Well uh bless my soul

You load sixteen tons and whaddaya get on

Another day older and deeper in dept

Saint peter don'tcha 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 and 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 lot of men didn't and a lot of men died

I got one fist of iron

The other of steel

And the right one doesn't

Get you then the list one will

You load sixteen tons and whaddaya get

Another day older and deeper in dept

Saint peter don'tcha call me

'Cause I can't go

I owe my soul

To the company

Store