Nicola Arigliano - Sixteen Tons lyrics

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<b>Sixteen Tons</b> by <i>Nicola Arigliano</i><br />ome people say a man is made outta mud

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood

Muscle and blood and skin and bones

A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

Sixteen tons, 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

Go man! Swing!

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine

I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

Sixteen tons of number nine coal

And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"

Sixteen tons, 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

Go man!

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion

Can't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

Sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

Owe-owe-owe-owe-owe-owe-owe-owe-owe ah!

If you see me comin', better step aside

A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died

One fist of iron, the other of steel

If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will

Sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

Eh-eh eh-eh

Sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

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