Sixteen Tons letra

Son yeah some people say a man's made outta mud
But a poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood skin and bone a mind
That's weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper and debt
St Peter don't you call me I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I owe my soul I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Grabbed me a shovel and I went to the mine
Loaded sicteen tons of No 9 coal
And the storeboss said well bless my soul

I load sixteen tons what do you get...

[ guitar ]
Well I was born one morning it was drizzlin' rain
Figting and trouble is my middle name
I was raised in wood by mama of mine
No hightoned mama makes me walk the line

I load sixteen tons what do you get...

If you see me comin' better step aside
A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
One fist is iron the other one's steel
If the right one don't get you then the left one will

I load sixteen tons what do you get...

Jerry Reed - Letras

• (I'm Just A) Redneck In A Rock And Roll Bar
• (Love Is A) Stranger To Me
• 500 Miles Away From Home
• A Thing Called Love
• Alabama Jubilee
• Alabama Wild Man
• Almost Crazy
• Amos Moses
• Another Puff
• Are You From Dixie
• Barbara Allen
• Big Daddy
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky
• Brand New Day
• Caffeine, Nicotine, Benzedrine (And Wish Me Luck)
• Careless Love
• Caribbean
• Cold Hard Facts Of Life
• Crude Oil Blues
• Don't Think Twice It's All Right
• Dream Sweet Dreams About Me
• Early Morning Rain
• Eastbound And Down
• Fine On My Mind
• Folsom Prison Blues
• Freeborn Man
• Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
• Georgia On My Mind
• Georgia Sunshine
• Good Friends And Neighbors
• Good Woman's Love
• Goodnight Irene
• Guitar Man
• Hallelujah I Love Her So
• Hard Times
• Home Sweet Home Revisited
• House Of The Rising Sun
• How Many Tomorrows
• Hurt Is On
• I Feel For You
• I Just Cry To Clear My Eyes
• I Just Don't Understand
• I'll Be Around (in All The Old Places)
• I'm Gonna Write a Song
• I'm Not Playing Games
• If I Promise
• If It Comes To That
• In The Pines
• It Don't Work That Way
• John Hardy
• Just Between You And Me
• Just To Satisfy You
• Ko-ko Joe
• Lady Is a Woman
• Last Train To Clarksville
• Long Gone
• Lord Mr. Ford
• Losing Your Love
• Love At First Sight
• Love Man
• Maybe In Time
• Misery Loves Company
• Mule Skinner Blues (blue Yodel No. 8)
• My Anna Maria
• My Kind Of Love
• My Next Impersonation
• Mystery Train
• Nashville Woman
• Not As a Sweetheart (but Just As a Friend)
• Oh Shenandoah
• One Sweet Reason
• Plastic Saddle
• Preacher And The Bear
• Rainbow Ride
• Remembering
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
• Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
• Save Your Dreams
• Seasons Of My Mind
• Second-hand Satin Lady (And a Bargain Basement Boy)
• She Got the Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft
• She Understands Me
• Sittin' On Top Of The World
• Sixteen Tons
• St. James Infirmary
• St. Louis Blues
• Sweet Memories
• Talk About The Good Times
• Texas Bound And Flyin'
• That Lucky Old Sun
• The Ballad Of Gator Mcklusky
• The Bandit
• The Legend
• Time For Love
• Today Is Mine
• Tupelo Mississippi
• Tupelo Mississippi Flash
• Turn It Around In Your Mind
• U.S. Male
• Ugly Woman
• Wabash Cannonball
• Wayfaring Stranger
• West Bound And Down
• What Locks The Door
• When Passion Commands
• When You're Hot You're Hot
• With You (missing You)
• Woman Shy
• Wondering
• Worried Man Blues
• You Can't Keep Me Here In Tennessee
• You Took All The Ramblin' Out Of Me
• You Wouldn't Know a Good Thing
• You'd Better Take Time
• You'll Never Walk Alone
• You're Young And You'll Forget
• You've Been Cryin' Again
• Your memory just won't let me be