16 Tons

Song 16 Tons
Artist Robbie Williams
Album Swings Both Ways (Deluxe Audio & Visual)

Lyrics

[00:04.150] Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:09.300] A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:12.500] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.150] A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:19.350] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:23.000] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.600] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:29.750] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:38.480] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:42.680] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.880] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:48.980] And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:52.630] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:55.780] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.330] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:01.930] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:11.400] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.050] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:19.300] Raised in the Canebrake by an old mama lion
[01:21.960] Ain't no a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.510] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.810] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.460] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:35.060] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:44.930] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:49.190] A lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died
[01:52.170] With one fist of iron, and the other of steel
[01:55.790] If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[01:58.890] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.540] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.190] Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:12.390] I owe my soul to the company store

Pinyin

[00:04.150] Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:09.300] A poor man' s made out of muscle and blood
[00:12.500] Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.150] A mind that' s aweak and a back that' s strong
[00:19.350] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:23.000] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:25.600] Saint Peter don' t you call me ' cause I can' t go
[00:29.750] I owe my soul to the company store
[00:38.480] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn' t shine
[00:42.680] I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:45.880] I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:48.980] And the straw boss said Well, abless my soul
[00:52.630] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[00:55.780] Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:58.330] Saint Peter don' t you call me ' cause I can' t go
[01:01.930] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:11.400] I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:15.050] Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:19.300] Raised in the Canebrake by an old mama lion
[01:21.960] Ain' t no a hightoned woman make me walk the line
[01:25.510] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[01:28.810] Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:31.460] Saint Peter don' t you call me ' cause I can' t go
[01:35.060] I owe my soul to the company store
[01:44.930] If you see me comin', better step aside
[01:49.190] A lot of men didn' t, and a lot of men died
[01:52.170] With one fist of iron, and the other of steel
[01:55.790] If the right one don' t get you then the left one will
[01:58.890] You load sixteen tons, what do you get
[02:02.540] Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:05.190] Saint Peter don' t you call me ' cause I can' t go
[02:12.390] I owe my soul to the company store