шестнадцать тонн

бам бам бам бам
ты был рожден
бам бам бам бам
под крик и стон
бам бам ба-бам бам
жизнь будто сон
ты грузишь за смену
шестнадцать тонн

бам бам бам бам
из года в год
бам бам бам бам
растет твой долг
бам бам ба-бам бам
жизнь будто сон
ты грузишь за смену
шестнадцать тонн

бам бам бам бам
тред-юнион
бам бам бам бам
пустой лишь звон
бам бам ба-бам бам
жизнь будто сон
ты грузишь за смену
шестнадцать тонн

бам бам бам бам
вот смит-и-вессон
бам бам бам бам
и в нем патрон
бам бам ба-бам бам
жизнь это сон
пуля бьет с силой
в шестнадцать тонн

__________________________
Merle Travis. Sixteen Tons

Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle 'n blood
Muscle an' blood skin an' bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.

CHORUS:
You load sixteen tons and what do you 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 mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and went to the mine
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the strawboss said: Well, Bless my soul!

CHORUS…

If you see me comin' better step aside
A lotta man didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't get you then the left one will

CHORUS…

I was born one morning, an' it was drizzling rain,
Fighting and Trouble 's my middle name,
I was raised in a cane-brake by an old mama lion
And no high tone woman make me walk the line

CHORUS…

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