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 "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
[00:08.080]Some people say a man is made outta mud [00:13.070]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood [00:16.680]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:19.680]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong [00:22.850]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [00:26.370]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:29.570]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:33.180]I owe my soul to the company store [00:37.260] [00:47.000]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine [00:51.350]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [00:54.160]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [00:57.150]And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul" [01:00.060]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [01:03.430]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:06.220]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:09.530]I owe my soul to the company store [01:14.840] [01:22.320]I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain [01:27.160]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name [01:30.300]I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion [01:33.370]Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line [01:36.950]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [01:39.860]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:42.860]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:46.500]I owe my soul to the company store [01:51.550] [01:58.710]If you see me comin', better step aside [02:03.440]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died [02:06.850]One fist of iron, the other of steel [02:09.350]If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will [02:12.390]You load sixteen tons, what do you get? [02:16.190]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:19.090]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:25.330]I owe my soul to the company store [02:42.840]
