[00:00.00]16 Tons - Tom Lardner/Allfreedom
[00:14.45]Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:17.75]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:20.41]
[00:21.24]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:24.15]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:27.39]You load 16 tons what do you get
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[00:31.20]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:33.32]
[00:34.63]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:37.07]
[00:37.69]I owe my soul to the company store
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[00:40.51]Shh
[00:40.92]
[00:53.72]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
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[00:58.14]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[01:00.89]Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
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[01:04.33]And the straw boss said Well a-bless my soul
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[01:07.37]16 tons what do you get
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[01:11.25]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:13.62]
[01:14.33]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:16.76]
[01:17.68]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:20.75]Yeah
[01:21.13]
[01:34.17]I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
[01:36.59]
[01:38.15]A-fighting and trouble are my middle name
[01:40.59]I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:43.25]
[01:43.79]Ain't no boss man live make me walk the line
[01:47.58]I load 16 tons what do you get
[01:49.93]
[01:50.94]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:53.22]
[01:54.10]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:56.75]
[01:57.78]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:59.87]
[02:26.16]So if you see me coming better step aside
[02:28.88]
[02:30.57]A lot of men didn't a lot of men died
[02:32.94]
[02:33.48]One fist of iron the other of steel
[02:36.40]If the right one don't get you
[02:38.30]Then the left one will
[02:39.72]You load 16 tons and what do you get
[02:42.04]
[02:43.46]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:45.63]
[02:46.58]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:49.07]
[02:53.52]I owe my damn soul
[02:56.87]
[03:03.73]To the company store
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[03:09.29]16 tons
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[03:12.01]Yeah 16 tons
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[03:15.24]Shh 16 tons
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[03:18.31]Yeah 16 tons
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[03:21.69]Shh 16 tons
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[03:24.78]Shh 16 tons
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[03:28.16]Yeah 16 tons
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[03:31.23]Yeah 16 tons