[00:04.950]Some people say a man is made of mud
[00:09.000]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:12.000]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:16.000]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:18.000]You load sixtenn tons what do you get?
[00:22.000]Another day older and deeper in debt.
[00:24.000]Saint Peter don't you call me cause i can't go
[00:28.000]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:36.000]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
[00:40.950]I pick up my shovel and I walked to the mine.
[00:43.950]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:47.000]And the straw boss said, whell a bless my soul.
[00:50.000]you loaded sixteen tons,what do you get?
[00:54.000]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:57.550]Saint Peter don't you call me cause i can't go
[01:00.900]I owe my soul to the company store.
[01:09.000]I was born one morining ,it was drizzlin'rain
[01:13.000]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:16.000]I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion
[01:19.995]Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:22.995]You load sixteen tons, whattaya get?
[01:26.995]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:29.995]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go
[01:33.000]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:40.995]If you see me comin' better step aside
[01:45.000]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[01:48.000]One fist of iron, the other of steel
[01:52.000]If the right one don't getcha then the left one will
[01:55.000]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[01:58.995]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:01.000]St. Peter don'cha call me, 'cause I can't go
[02:10.000]I owe my soul to the company store

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