Sixteen Tons

Some people say a man is made outta mud
 A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
 Muscle and blood and skin and bones
 A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
 You load 16 tons, what do you get?
 Another day older and deeper in debt
 St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
 I owe my soul to the company store
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 I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
 I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
 I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
 And the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul"
 You load 16 tons, what do you get?
 Another day older and deeper in debt
 St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
 I owe my soul to the company store
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 I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
 Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
 I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
 Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line
 You load 16 tons, what do you get?
 Another day older and deeper in debt
 St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
 I owe my soul to the company store
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 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 get you
 Then the left one will
 You load 16 tons, what do you get?
 Another day older and deeper in debt
 St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
 I owe my soul to the company store