Karaoké Sixteen Tons Tom Jones

Some people say man is made outta mud

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood

Muscle and blood

Skin and bones

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

You load-a sixteen tons

What do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cos 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 my shovel and I walked to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

The straw boss said

Well a-bless my soul

You load-a sixteen tons

What do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cos-a I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

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

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion

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

You load sixteen tons and what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cos-a 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

A lotta men died

I got one fist of iron

The other of steel

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

You load-a sixteen tons and what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

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

I owe my soul to the company store