Sixteen Tons

Sixteen Tons - Pete Seeger

Some people say a man is made outta mud

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood

Muscle and blood and skin and bones

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

You load sixteen tons what do you get

You ger 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

The straw boss said 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

If you see me comin' better step aside

A lotta men didn't a lotta men died

You load sixteen tons what do you get

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 owe my soul to the company store