Sixteen Tons

Paroles de Sixteen Tons

Année1960
GenreBlues
Durée2:27
Langue originaleAnglais
Vues150
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(Huffin', puffin', yeah-yeah-yeah) (Muscle, muscle, yeah-yeah-yeah) (Huffin', puffin', yeah-yeah-yeah) People say a man is made outta mud Poor man 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 sixteen tons and what do you get Another day older and deeper in debit St. Peter don't ya me 'cause I can't go Owe my soul to the company sto' (Muscle, muscle, yeah-yeah-yeah) (Huffin', puffin', yeah-yeah-yeah) (Muscle, muscle, yeah-yeah-yeah) I was born one mornin' When the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and I started to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal The strawboss says, well now, bless his soul He loaded sixteen tons and what did he get 'Nuther day older and deeper in debt St. Peter don't ya me 'cause I can't go Owe my soul to the company sto' (Muscle, muscle, yeah-yeah-yeah) (Huffin', puffin', yeah-yeah-yeah) (Muscle, muscle, yeah-yeah-yeah) You see me comin' you better step aside A-lotta men didn't and a-lot a-'em died One fist of iron the other one of steel If the right one don't get you then the left one will Ya load sixteen tons and what do you get 'Nuther day older and deeper in debt St. Peter don't ya me 'cause I can't go Owe my soul to the company sto'.