Sixteen Tons Lyrics - Stevie Wonder

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 weak and a back that's strong 

You load sixteen tons, and 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 

I was born one morning 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, and 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 

I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain 

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name 

I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion 

Cain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line 

You load sixteen tons, and 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, and 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