Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sixteen Tones, artist - Tennessee Ernie Ford. Date of issue: 28.06.2012
Song language: English
Sixteen Tones |
| Some people say man is made out of mud |
| A poor man’s made out of muscle and blood |
| Muscle and blood and skin and bone |
| A mind that’s a-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 |
| I was born one mornin' when the sun didn’t shine |
| I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine |
| I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal |
| And the store-boss said the «Well-a bless my soul» |
| 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 |
| I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain |
| Fightin' and trouble are my middle name |
| I was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion |
| Cain’t no a high-tone woman make me walk the line |
| 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 |
| If you see me comin', better step aside |
| A lot of men didn’t and a lot of men died |
| One fist of iron, the other of steel |
| If the right one don’t git ya, then the left one will |
| 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 |