Sixteen Tons - The Platters

Some people say a man is made outta mud

有人说男人用泥巴做成

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood

可怜的人由肌肉和血液做成

Muscle and blood and skin and bones

由肌肉，血液，皮肤和骨架做成

A mind that's a weak and a back that's strong

意志薄弱可是内心坚定

You load sixteen tons what do you get

你身上的压力有十六吨重

Another day older and deeper in debt

一天天过去，债务越来越沉重

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼德，你为何不呼唤我，只是因为我无法离开吗

I owe my soul to the company store

我亏欠我的灵魂太多了

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine

我出生的那天，太阳没有升起

I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

我捡起铁铲去煤矿

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

我装了十六吨的九号煤

And the straw boss said Well a bless my soul

工头助理说，愿主保佑我的灵魂

You load sixteen tons what do you get

你身上的压力有十六吨重

Another day older and deeper in debt

一天天过去，债务越来越沉重

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼德，你为何不呼唤我，只是因为我无法离开吗

I owe my soul to the company store

我亏欠我的灵魂太多了

If you see me comin' better step aside

如果你看到我走来，最好站到一边

A lotta men didn't a lotta men died

很多人没有这么做，然后就死了

One fist of iron the other of steel

钢铁一样的拳头正等着你们

If the right one don't a get you then the left one will

如果左手不出拳，那我就会出右手

You load sixteen tons what do you get

你身上的压力有十六吨重

Another day older and deeper in debt

一天天过去，债务越来越沉重

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼德，你为何不呼唤我，只是因为我无法离开吗

I owe my soul to the company store

我亏欠我的灵魂太多了

I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain

我出生的那天，下着毛毛细雨

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

打架和麻烦是我的特点

I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion

我被一只成年的母狮养大，从小生活在甘蔗林

Cain't no a high toned woman make me walk the line

没有让我日夜牵挂的女人来让我远离这样的生活

You load sixteen tons what do you get

你身上的压力有十六吨重

Another day older and deeper in debt

一天天过去，债务越来越沉重

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼德，你为何不呼唤我，只是因为我无法离开吗

I owe my soul to the company store

我亏欠我的灵魂太多了