Sixteen Tons歌词-Tennessee Ernie Ford

Sixteen Tons歌词由Tennessee Ernie Ford演唱，出自专辑《20 Great Country Hits - Vol. 1》，下面是《Sixteen Tons》完整版歌词！

Sixteen Tons歌词完整版

[Verse 1

Some people say a man is made out of mud

A poor man's made out of muscle and blood

Muscle and blood and skin and bones

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

[Chorus

You load sixteen tons, 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

[Verse 2

I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine

I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal

And the straw boss said, "Well-a bless my soul!"

[Chorus

You load sixteen tons, 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

[Verse 3

I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion

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

[Chorus

You load sixteen tons, 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

[Verse 4

If you see me comin' better step aside

A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died

One fist of iron, the other of steel

If the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[Chorus

You load sixteen tons, 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