Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (16 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, whattaya get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter don'cha 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 bless my soul!" You load sixteen tons, whattaya get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain Fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line You load sixteen tons, whattaya get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter don'cha 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 getcha then the left one will You load sixteen tons, whattaya get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store