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LEANN RIMES lyrics : "16 Tons"


Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood

Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons, what do you 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

I was born one mornin' 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, a-bless my soul"
You load sixteen tons, what do you 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


I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion

Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons, what do you 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
If you see me comin', better step aside

A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you

Then the left one will
You load sixteen tons, what do you 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

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