Lyrics Sixteen Tons.lrc B.B. King
[id: pkgjedke]
[ar: B.B. King]
[al: B.B. King Sings Spirituals]
[ti: Sixteen Tons]
[length: 02:34]
[00:08.76]Some people says the man’s made out of mud,
[00:11.53]Some people says of muscle and blood
[00:15.47]Muscle and blood and skin and bone,
[00:18.38]A mind that’s week and a back that’s strong
[00:21.85]You load sixteen tons, so what do you get,
[00:25.16]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:28.66]So, St. Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go,
[00:32.35]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:42.86]I was born one morning when the sun didn’t shine,
[00:46.22]Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
[00:49.69]I loaded sixteen ton of number nine coal,
[00:52.93]The straw-boss said, “God-dog your soul”
[00:58.45]You load sixteen tons and, now, what do you get,
[01:00.44]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:03.78]So, St. Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go,
[01:06.73]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:17.92]I was born one mornin’ when it was drizzle in rain,
[01:21.04]Fightin’ and shootin’ is my middle name
[01:24.60]Born in a canebreak
[01:27.08]By an ol’ mama hound,
[01:29.07]No high-tone mama can make me walk the line
[01:33.12]I load sixteen tons, so what do you get,
[01:35.13]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:38.72]So, St. Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go,
[01:41.71]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:52.49]You see me comin’ you better step aside,
[01:56.41]A lot of men didn’t and a whole lot of them died
[02:00.23]One fist of iron and one of steal,
[02:03.27]The right one don’t get you, boy, the left one will
[02:06.25]So, load sixteen ton, what do you get,
[02:09.02]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:13.62]So, St. Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go,
[02:16.19]I owe my soul to the company store
[02:25.09]Year of Release: 1959