Karaoké Sixteen Tons The Platters

Some people say a man is made out of mud

A poor man's made out of muscle and blood

Muscle and blood skin and bones

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

You load sixteen tons and what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cos 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 the shovel and 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 deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cos I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me coming you better step aside

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

My one fist is iron the other one's steel

If the right one don't get you then the left one will

You load sixteen tons and what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cos I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning

And it was drizzling rain

Fighting and troubles are my middle name

I was raised in a canebrake by an old mama lion

Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons and what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cos I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store