Sixteen Tons lyrics

Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man`s made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that`s 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
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 morning it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Ain`t no high tone 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 coming 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