[00:00.000] 作词 : Merle Travis
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Merle Travis
[00:11.781]Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:16.822]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:21.320]Muscle and blood, skin and bones
[00:26.338]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:29.980]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
[00:34.747]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:38.958]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go
[00:43.454]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:52.158]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
[00:56.927]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[01:01.432]I loaded sixteen tons of number-nine coal
[01:05.921]And the straw boss said,
[01:07.880]"Well bless my soul!"
[01:09.842]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
[01:14.898]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:19.378]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go
[01:23.865]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:32.322]I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
[01:37.365]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:41.570]I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion
[01:45.783]Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:50.268]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
[01:55.310]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:59.791]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go
[02:03.994]I owe my soul to the company store
[02:13.242]If you see me comin' better step aside
[02:17.726]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[02:22.488]I got one fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:26.695]If the right one don't getcha then the left one will
[02:31.179]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
[02:35.680]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:39.891]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go
[02:46.071]I owe my soul to the company store