16 Tons Lyrics - Lady & Gentlemen - Leann Rimes

Some people say a man is made outta mud 

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood 

Muscle and blood, skin and bones 

A mind that's 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, bless my soul" 

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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', you better step aside 

A lotta men didn't... and 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 

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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