Lyrics:

Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor mans made outta muscle an blood
Muscle an blood an skin an bones
A mind thats weak and a back thats strong

You loaded sixteen tons an whaddya get?
Another day older an deeper in debt
Saint Peter doncha call me cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company sto

I was born one mornin when the sun didnt shine
Picked up the shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the strawboss said, Well, bless my soul!

You loaded sixteen tons an whaddya get?
Another day older an deeper in debt
Saint Peter doncha call me cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company sto

I was born one morning, it was drizzlin rain
Fightin and trouble are my middle names
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol mama lion
Cant no high-tone woman make me walk the line

You loaded sixteen tons an whaddya get?
Another day older an deeper in debt
Saint Peter doncha call me cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company sto

If you see me comin, better step aside
A lotta men didnt, a lotta men died
With one fist of iron an the other of steel
If the right one dont getcha then the left one will

You loaded sixteen tons an whaddya get?
Another day older an deeper in debt
Saint Peter doncha call me cause I cant go
I owe my soul to the company sto