Some folks say man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
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

I was born when the sun didn't shine
I became a man who would work in the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the foreman said "Well-a bless my soul"

I was born in drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble is my middle name
When I come around, you'd better step aside
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died

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

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

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