Sixteen Tons

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Cover version of the Merle Travis song recorded under license through Limelight/RightsFlow
License No: 807204

Song Writers: MERLE TRAVIS
Publishers: WARNER-TAMERLANE OBO MERLE'S GIRLS MUSIC

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SOME PEOPLE SAY A MAN IS MADE OUT OF MUD
A POOR MAN'S MADE OUT OF MUSCLE AND BLOOD
MUSCLE AND BLOOD AND SKIN AND BONE
A MIND THAT'S WEAK AND A BACK THAT'S STRONG

YOU HAUL SIXTEEN TONS, WHAT DO YA GET? 
ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT 
SAINT PETER DON'T YOU CALL ME CAUSE I CAN'T GO
I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE

I WAS BORN ONE MORNING IT WAS DRIZZLE AND RAIN
HEARTACHE AND TROUBLE ARE MY MIDDLE NAME
I WAS RAISED IN A CANEBRAKE BY AN OLD MAMA LION
NO HIGH-TONED WOMAN MAKE ME WALK THE LINE

YOU HAUL SIXTEEN TONS, WHAT DO YA GET? 
ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT 
SAINT PETER DON'T YOU CALL ME CAUSE I CAN'T GO
I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE

SEE ME COMIN' BETTER STEP ASIDE
A LOT OF MEN DIDN'T AND A LOT OF MEN DIED 
I GOT ONE FIST OF IRON AND THE OTHER OF STEEL 
THE RIGHT DON'T GET YOU THEN THE LEFT ONE WILL

YOU HAUL SIXTEEN TONS, WHAT DO YA GET? 
ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT 
SAINT PETER DON'T YOU CALL ME CAUSE I CAN'T GO
I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE

YOU HAUL SIXTEEN TONS, WHAT DO YA GET? 
ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT 
SAINT PETER DON'T YOU CALL ME CAUSE I CAN'T GO
I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE

SIXTEEN TONS
SIXTEEN TONS
SIXTEEN TONS
SIXTEEN TONS

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from The Life and Death Of…, released January 21, 2014
Wily Bo Walker - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Double Bass, Drums and Percussion

L'ill Neill - Trombones, Trumpets, Sound FX, Backing Vocals

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