[id:$00000000] [ar:Dick Nolan] [ti:Sixteen Tons] [by:] [hash:f3ff558bc3fe56951ef02e9c63e07e8b] [al:] [sign:] [qq:] [total:0] [offset:0] [00:00.16]Dick Nolan - Sixteen Tons [00:03.41]Lyrics by：Merle Travis [00:06.83]Composed by：Merle Travis [00:10.24]Some people say a man is made out of mud [00:14.34]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood [00:18.34]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:22.09]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong [00:25.39]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [00:29.66]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:33.48]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:37.45]I owe my soul to the company store [00:50.98]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine [00:55.26]I picked up my shovel walked out to the mine [00:58.94]I loaded sixteen tons of number-nine coal [01:03.27]The straw boss said [01:05.28]Well-a bless my soul [01:06.74]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [01:11.19]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:14.77]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:19.02]I owe my soul to the company store [01:32.98]I was born one morning it was drizzlin' rain [01:37.16]Fightin' and trouble that's my middle name [01:40.95]I was raised in the cane [01:42.39]Break by an old mama lion [01:44.58]Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line [01:48.44]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [01:52.79]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:56.43]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:00.75]I owe my soul to the company store [02:14.10]Now if you see me comin' better step aside [02:18.44]A lot of men didn't a lot of men died [02:22.72]One fist of iron the other of steel [02:26.41]If the right one don't getcha then the left one will [02:30.00]You load sixteen tons and what do you get [02:34.28]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:37.88]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:42.17]I owe my soul to the company store