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 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 depth
St. Peter, don't you 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
And I load sixteen tons of
number nine coal
And the store boss said, well, bless my soul
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 one
morning it was drizzling rain
fighting and trouble is my middle name
I was raised in a cane break
by an old mama line
can't no one woman
make me walk the line.
load 16 tons and what do you get?
Deeper than death.
Ah, hold it!
I'm sorry, fellas.
One, two, three, four,
one.
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 bone,
a mind that's weak and
a back that's strong.
You load 16 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 one morning
when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel an
d I walked to the mine.
I load 16 tons of number nine coal
and this straw ball said well bless my soul
you load 16 ton and 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
I was
born one morning,
it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble is my middle name
I was raised in a cane break
by an old mama line
Can't no one woman
make me walk the line
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
If you see me coming,
better step aside
A lot of men didn't
and a lot of men died
One fist of iron and the other steel
If the right don't get you,
then the other one will
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 owe my soul to the company store