Sixteen Tons (From `Single Hits`)

Some folks say a man is made out of mud But a poor man's made out of muscle and blood muscle and blood, 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 I was born when the sun didn't shine I became a man who who would work the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal The foreman said: well, a-bless my soul I was born in drizzling rain Fighting and Trouble was my middle name When I come around, you better step aside A lot of man didn't and a lot man died Yes they did 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 Yes sing it one time with me 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