Tasty Tunes [Songs] - Covers
Sixteen Tons
Lyrics:
Some 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
You load 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
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 9
coal
And the store boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
You load
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
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
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the
line
You load 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
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
You load 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.
Notes:
Performed:
Date: | Venue: | Location: | Event: |
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02/02/17 | Soda Bar | San Diego, Ca. | with Gipsy Moon |
01/27/17 | Great American Music Hall | San Francisco, Ca. | with Gipsy Moon |
01/25/17 | Applegate Lodge | Applegate, Or. | with Gipsy Moon |