Sixteen Tons Songtext

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I hauled sixteen tons of number 9 coal And the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul" (Chorus:) You haul sixteen tons, whadaya 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 Chorus Born one morning it was drizzlin' rain Fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in a canebrake by an old mama lion And no high-toned woman make me walk the line Chorus See me comin' better step aside A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died I got one fist of iron and the other of steel And if the right one don't get ya, the left one will Chorus Born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I hauled sixteen tons of number 9 coal And the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul" 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 Chorus You load 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 I was born one mornin' and 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 loaded... (Chorus) I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in a cane-brake by an old mama lion can't no high-toned woman make me walk no line (Chorus) If you see me comin', better step aside A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died One fist of iron, the other of steel If the right one don't get you, then the left one will (Chorus) You load 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