Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Sixteen Tons , by - Stevie Wonder. Song from the album Down To Earth, in the genre ПопRelease date: 31.12.1965
Record label: Motown, Universal Music
Song language: English
Sixteen Tons |
| Some folks say a man is made outta mud |
| But a poor man's made outta muscle and blood |
| Muscle and blood, skin and bones |
| A mind that's weak and a back that's strong |
| 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, yeah, ha |
| I was born when the sun didn't shine |
| I became a man who would work in the mine |
| I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal |
| The foreman said, "Well, a-bless my soul" |
| I was born in drizzlin' rain |
| Fightin' and trouble was my middle name |
| When I come around, you better step aside |
| A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died, yes they did |
| 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 |
| And hear you sing it one time with me |
| 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 |
| Everybody humming only |
| Mmm, hmm, ooh, ooh, yeah |
| Mmm, hmm, ooh, ooh |