Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Sixteen Tons , by - Merle Travis. Song from the album Missouri, in the genre ПопRelease date: 18.03.2019
Record label: Platin Classics
Song language: English
Sixteen Tons |
| Some people say a man is made outta mud |
| But a poor man’s made outta muscle and blood |
| Muscle and blood and skin and bones |
| With a mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong |
| You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? |
| 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 |
| Well, I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain |
| Fightin' and trouble are my middle name |
| Raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion |
| Can’t no high-tone woman make me walk the line |
| You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? |
| 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 |
| Well, if you see me comin', better step aside |
| A lotta men didn’t, and a lotta men died |
| One fist of iron, the other one of steel |
| If the right one don’t getcha, then the left one will |
| You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? |
| 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 |