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
With A mind that's a-weak with a back that's strong

You load sixteen 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 huh oh yeah

Do the boogaloo one time, now listen

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
The straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul"

You load, you loaded, you loaded sixteen tons, now what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
Huh, alright

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble is my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
And don’t no high toned woman make me walk the line
I loaded, I loaded I loaded, ooh can't you see
I loaded sixteen tons
Every day on my job I had to loaded sixteen tons

Sometimes when I was worried still I loaded sixteen ton
Sometimes when I didn’t feel good – I loaded sixteen ton
You know what the man told me one day
"You’re the best man I got on the job"