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 a 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 the

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

Cain't no a 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

A 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