Intro
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Verse 1
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Some people say a man is made out of mud
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A poor man's made outta muscle and blood...
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Muscle and blood skin and bone
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A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
Chorus 1
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You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
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A-nother day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
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I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 2
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I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
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I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
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I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
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The strawboss said Well, Bless my soul!
Chorus 2
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You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
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A-nother day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
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I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 3
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I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
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Fighting and trouble are my middle name
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I was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion
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Can't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line
Chorus 3
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You load sixteen tons and whaddya get
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A-nother day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go
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I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 4 - key change!
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If you see me coming better step a-side
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A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
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I got one fist of iron the other of steel
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If the right one don't get ya then the left one will
Chorus 4
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You load up sixteen tons and whaddya get
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A-nother day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
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I owe my soul to the company store
