[00:00.00] 作词 : M. Travis[00:01.00] 作曲 : M. Travis/Merle Travis[00:04.65]Some people say a man is made out of mud[00:10.14]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood[00:13.47]Muscle and blood and skin and bones[00:16.71]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong[00:19.65]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?[00:23.40]Another day older and deeper in debt[00:26.25]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go[00:29.97]I owe my soul to the company store[00:38.49]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine[00:43.38]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine[00:46.35]I loaded sixteen tons of number-nine coal[00:49.71]And the straw boss said,[00:51.15]"Well bless my soul!"[00:52.83]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?[00:56.61]Another day older and deeper in debt[00:59.52]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go[01:03.24]I owe my soul to the company store[01:11.82]I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain[01:16.53]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name[01:19.77]I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion[01:22.89]Can't no high -toned woman make me walk the line[01:26.28]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?[01:30.09]Another day older and deeper in debt[01:33.00]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go[01:36.72]I owe my soul to the company store[01:47.61]If you see me comin' better step aside[01:51.27]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died[01:54.60]One fist of iron, the other of steel[01:57.63]If the right one don't getcha then the left one will[02:00.63]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?[02:04.47]Another day older and deeper in debt[02:07.32]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go[02:13.71]I owe my soul to the company store