Sixteen Tons Lyrics

Some people say a man is made outta' mud
A poor man's made outta' muscle and blood
A muscle and blood, skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons and what do ya 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 a shovel and walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal
And the store boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul"

You load sixteen tons and what do ya 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 lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't getcha, then the left one will

Sixteen tons and what do ya 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' and it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in a canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Can't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons and what do ya 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

Frankie Laine - Balladeer/Deuces Wild

Mar 2004

1. Rocks and Gravel
2. Old Virginny
3. Cherry Red
4. On a Monday
5. Careless Love
6. Sixteen Tons
7. Jelly Coal Man
8. Lucy D
9. New Orleans
10. Old Blue
11. Stack of Blues
12. And Doesn't She Roll
13. Hard Way
14. Camptown Races
15. Luck Be a Lady
16. Get Rich Quick
17. Horses and Women
18. Moonlight Gambler
19. Ace in the Hole
20. Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
21. Dead Man's Hand
22. Roving Gambler
23. Deuces Wild
24. Gamblin' Woman