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Sixteen Tons - Lorne Green

Some people say a man is made out of mud

A poor man's made out of muscle and blood

Muscle and blood 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 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

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 owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

Raised in the Canebrake by an old mama lion

Ain't no a high toned woman make me toast 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

I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me comin' better step aside

A lot of men didn't a lot of 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

I owe my soul to the company store

Yes I owe my soul to the company store