Sixteen Tons

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 a-weak and a back that's strong
 You load sixteen tons, 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' 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, a-bless my soul"
 You load sixteen tons, 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', it was drizzlin' rain
 Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
 Raised in the Canebrake by an old mama lion
 Ain't no a high-toned woman make me walk the line
 You load sixteen tons, 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 lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died
 With one fist of iron, and the other of steel
 If the right one don't get you then the left one will
 You load sixteen tons, 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