Jean-Marie Carroll - Sixteen Tons lyrics

There´re some people saying man is made out of a mud But a poor man's made of muscle and blood Muscle, blood and skin and bones A mind that's weak and a back that's strong You load sixteen tons and 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 Well 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 strawboss said "Well best my soul" You load sixteen tons and 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 in the drizzling rain Fightin' and trouble that´s my middle name I was raised in the bottoms by a mama hound I was mean as a dog in this generous land You load sixteen tons and 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 man didn't and a lotta men died I´ve got a fist of iron and a fist of steel And if the right one don't get you Then the left one will You load sixteen tons and 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