Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Video Version)
Sixteen Tons….today’s version
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 bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Plus a man made virus and their injection of death.
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to our Government’s dole
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[Verse 2]
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal
And our Government said, “you’re just deeper in debt.”
[Chorus]
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Plus a man made virus and their injection of death.
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to our Government’s dole
.
[Verse 3]
I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Can’t no crooked Government make me walk the line
[Chorus]
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Plus a man made virus and their injection of death.
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to our Government’s dole
.
[Verse 4]
If they see me comin' they better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't getcha then the left one will
[Chorus]
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Plus a man made virus and their injection of death.
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to our Government’s dole
Yes. Maybe it's just me and the places I go for information but it seems like people are waking up. Well, except for those who refuse to.
Lol I always sang this song with my uncle. He had a tenor voice too. Snappin and stepping across the floor... I forgot about this song. Very apropos.