[ti:16 Tons]
[ar:Tom Morello]
[al:Union Town]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]16 Tons - Tom Morello
[00:03.77]Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:07.21]
[00:07.94]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:10.71]
[00:11.74]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:14.09]
[00:15.14]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:17.94]
[00:18.55]You load 16 tons what do you get
[00:21.52]
[00:22.26]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.08]
[00:25.60]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.32]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:32.67]
[00:39.89]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.94]
[00:43.68]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:47.01]Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
[00:50.12]
[00:50.65]And the straw boss said well a bless my soul
[00:53.67]
[00:54.44]16 tons what do you get
[00:57.22]
[00:57.95]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:01.29]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:04.29]
[01:04.92]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:07.92]
[01:15.99]I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
[01:18.55]
[01:19.24]A fighting and trouble are my middle name
[01:22.52]I was raised in the canebrake by an or mama lion
[01:25.43]
[01:26.01]Ain't no boss man live make me walk the line
[01:28.94]
[01:29.62]I load 16 tons what do you get
[01:32.74]
[01:33.40]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:35.90]
[01:36.79]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:39.58]
[01:40.45]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:43.67]
[01:57.92]So if you see me coming better step aside
[02:00.88]
[02:01.88]A lot of men didn't a lot of men died
[02:04.57]
[02:05.42]One fist of iron the other of steel
[02:08.57]If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[02:12.17]You load 16 tons and what do you get
[02:15.29]
[02:16.08]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:19.33]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:22.09]
[02:22.99]I owe my soul to the company store