Sixteen Tons - Remastered 2000

[00:07.78] Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:13.52] A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:16.84] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:19.99] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:23.53] You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[00:26.44] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:30.11] Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go
[00:33.20] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:42.32] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:46.26] I picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine
[00:49.66] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:52.93] And the straw boss said "well, a-bless my soul"
[00:56.54] You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[00:59.58] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:03.13] Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go
[01:06.43] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:15.78] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:19.79] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:22.97] I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion
[01:26.21] Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:29.79] You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[01:33.34] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:36.30] Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go
[01:39.82] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:50.16] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:54.38] A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:57.74] One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:00.97] If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will
[02:04.24] You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[02:07.22] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:10.86] Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go
[02:16.48] I owe my soul to the company store
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