[00:09.57]Some people say a man is made outta mud
[00:13.83]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
[00:18.16]Muscle and blood and skin and bones
[00:21.66]A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[00:26.16]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[00:29.89]Another day older and deeper in debt
[00:33.63]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[00:37.52]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:41.60]I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
[00:45.54]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[00:49.12]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[00:52.91]And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
[00:57.32]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[01:01.34]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:05.18]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[01:08.92]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:36.17]I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[01:40.95]Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
[01:44.39]I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion
[01:48.39]Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
[01:52.47]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[01:56.72]Another day older and deeper in debt
[02:00.20]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[02:03.91]I owe my soul to the company store
[02:43.74]If you see me comin', better step aside
[02:47.48]A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
[02:51.45]One fist of iron, the other of steel
[02:55.13]If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will
[02:59.50]You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
[03:03.10]Another day older and deeper in debt
[03:06.89]Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
[03:10.81]I owe my soul to the company store