16 Tons Song Lyrics
Some people say a man is made outta mudA poor man’s made outta muscle and bloodMuscle and blood and skin and bonesA mind that’s a-weak and a back that’s strong
You load 16 tons, what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debtSt. Peter, don’t you call me ’cause I can’t goI owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shineI picked up my shovel and I walked to the mineI loaded 16 tons of number nine coalAnd the straw boss said, “Well, a-bless my soul”
You load 16 tons, what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debtSt. Peter, don’t you call me ’cause I can’t goI owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin’, it was drizzlin’ rainFightin’ and trouble are my middle nameI was raised in the canebrake by an ol’ mama lionCan’t no high toned woman make me walk the line
You load 16 tons, what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debtSt. Peter, don’t you call me ’cause I can’t goI owe my soul to the company store
If you see me comin’, better step asideA lotta men didn’t, a lotta men diedOne fist of iron, the other of steelIf the right one don’t get youThen the left one will
You load 16 tons, what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debtSt. Peter, don’t you call me ’cause I can’t goI owe my soul to the company store