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Sixteen Tons (十六吨) - The Hi-Lo's

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 morning when the sun didn't shine

Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

The boss said well a bless my soul

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

They got my soul and the company store

Sixteen tons

Sixteen tons

Peter don't you call

If you see me coming 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 got you

Then the other one will

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

They got my soul and the company store