("16 Tons" by Johnny Cash)
♪ Some people say a
man is made outta mud ♪
♪ A poor man's made
outta muscle and blood ♪
♪ Muscle and blood and skin and bone ♪
♪ A mind that's weak and
a back that's strong ♪
♪ You load 16 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 ♪
(snappy guitar music)
(snappy piano music)
(drumsticks clicking)
♪ I was born one mornin'
when the sun didn't shine ♪
♪ I picked up my shovel
and I walked to the mine ♪
♪ I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal ♪
♪ And the straw boss said
"Well, a-bless my soul" ♪
♪ You load 16 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 ♪
(snappy guitar music)
(snappy piano music)
(drumsticks clicking)
♪ I was born one mornin',
it was drizzlin' rain ♪
♪ Fightin' and trouble
are my middle name ♪
♪ Raised in the canebrake
by an ol' mama lion ♪
♪ Ain't no high-toned woman
make me walk the line ♪
♪ You load 16 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 ♪
(snappy guitar music)
(snappy piano music)
(drumsticks clicking)
♪ If you see me comin',
better step aside ♪
♪ A lotta men didn't
and a lotta men died ♪
♪ With one fist of iron
and the other of steel ♪
♪ If the right one don't get you ♪
♪ Then the left one will ♪
♪ You load 16 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 ♪
(snappy guitar music)
(snappy piano music)
