Sixteen Tons Testo

Testo Sixteen Tons

Some people says the man's made out of mud,some people says of muscle and bloodMuscle and blood and skin and bone,a mind that's week and a back that's strongYou load sixteen tons, so what do you get,another day older and deeper in debtSo, St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,I owe my soul to the company storeI was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,picked up my shovel and I went to the mineI loaded sixteen ton of number nine coal,the straw-boss said, "God-dog your soul"You load sixteen tons and, now, what do you get,another day older and deeper in debtSo, St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,I owe my soul to the company storeI was born one mornin' when it was drizzle in rain,fightin' and shootin' is my middle nameBorn in a canebreak by an ol' mama hound,no high-tone mama can make me walk the lineI load sixteen tons, so what do you get,another day older and deeper in debtSo, St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,I owe my soul to the company storeYou see me comin' you better step aside,a lot of men didn't and a whole lot of them diedOne fist of iron and one of steal,the right oen don't get you, boy, the left one willSo, load sixteen ton, what do you get,another day older and deeper in debtSo, St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,I owe my soul to the company store