Sixteen Tons

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
I was born one mornin'
when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel
and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons

Of number nine coal
and the straw boss said
A-well, a-bless my soul
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
I was born one mornin'
it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are
my middle name
I was raised in the
canebrake by an ol' mama
lion Can't no high
toned woman make me
walk the line
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
If you see me comin',
better step aside
A lotta men 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
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