March 8, 2009

One fist of iron, the other of steel


Summer 2008, Euboia
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, 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

~ Merle Travis, "Sixteen tons"