16 Tons Lyrics - Tom Jones

Some people say a man is made out of mud 

Well, a poor man's made outta muscle and blood 

Muscle and blood and skin and bone and a mind 

That's weak but a back that's strong 

And he was born one morning when the sun didn't shine 

He picked up his shovel and he went to the mines 

He loaded sixteen tons of that number nine coal 

Til the Straw boss said, "Well, uh, bless my soul" 

You load sixteen tons and whaddaya get? 

Another day older and deeper in dept 

Saint Peter don'tcha call me 

'Cause I can't go, I owe my soul to the Company Store 

So if you see him coming you better step aside 

A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died 

He's got one fist of iron and the other of steel 

And if the right one doesn't get you then the night one will 

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You load sixteen tons and whaddaya get? 

Another day older and deeper in dept 

Saint Peter don'tcha call me 

'Cause I can't go, I owe my soul to the Company Store