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16 Tons

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Now	some people say a man is	made out of	mud

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But a	poor man's made out of	muscle and	blood

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	Muscle and blood -	skin and bones

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A	mind that's weak and a	back that's	strong.

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You load	sixteen tons, and	what do you	get - An	other day older and	deeper in	debt

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	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 hollered: "Well, a-bless my soul!"

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', it was drizzlin' rain.

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name.

I was raised in the bottoms by a momma hound.

I'm mean as a dog but I'm gentle as a lamb.

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', 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 a-get you

Then the left one will

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