Sixteen Tons lyrics

Some people say a man is a-made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
A-muscle and blood and a-skin and bones
You've got a mind that's weak and a back that's strong

You load a-sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and a-deeper in debt
St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

(St. Peter don't you call me)
'Cause I can't go
(St. Peter don't you call me)
To the company store
(St. Peter)
A-don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store, come on

Hmmmm hmmmm
Hmmmm hmmmm

Well I was born on a 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!"
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and a-deeper in debt
St. a-Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store, yeah

I was born one morning in the drizzling rain
A-fighting and trouble have been my middle name
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion
Can't no a-high toned woman make me walk the line

Yeah, sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
(Owe my soul soul soul)

If you see me coming, better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
A-one fist of iron and the other of steel
(If the left one don't get you then the) right one will
You load

A-sixteen tons
(What do you get?)
Another day older and a-deeper in debt
St. a-Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
(St. Peter don't you call me)
'Cause I can't go
(St. Peter don't you call me)
To the company store
St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul
To the company store

(St. Peter don't you call me)
'Cause I can't go