Chanson composée par Merle Travis en 1953, l'originale est déjà présente sur Dailymotion, mais pas la version des Platters, qui est excellente ^^ what a groove ! <br /><br />Lyrics : <br /><br />"Some people say man is made out of mud <br />A poor man's made out of muscle and blood <br />Muscle and blood and skin and bone <br />A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong <br /><br />You load sixteen tons and what do you get <br />Another day older and deeper in debt <br />Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go <br />I owe my soul to the company store <br /><br />I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine <br />I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine <br />I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal <br />And the store-boss said the "Well-a bless my soul" <br /><br />You load sixteen tons and what do you get <br />Another day older and deeper in debt <br />Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go <br />I owe my soul to the company store <br /><br />I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain <br />Fightin' and trouble are my middle name <br />I was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion <br />Cain't no a high-tone woman make me walk the line <br /><br />You load sixteen tons and what do you get <br />Another day older and deeper in debt <br />Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go <br />I owe my soul to the company store <br /><br />If you see me comin', better step aside <br />A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died <br />One fist of iron, the other of steel <br />If the right one don't git ya, then the left one will <br /><br />You load sixteen tons and what do you get <br />Another day older and deeper in debt <br />Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go <br />I owe my soul to the company store"
