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Some people say a man is made of a mud |
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A poor man's made of muscie and blood |
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Muscle and blood and skin and bones |
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A mind that's weak and a back that's strong |
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*You load sixteen tons, what do you get |
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Another day older and deeper in debt |
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Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go |
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I woe my soul to the company store |
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I was born one mornin' |
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When the sun didn't shine |
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I picked up my shovel, I walked to the mine |
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I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal |
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And the strawboss said " Well best my soul " |
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I was born one mornin', it was drizzling rain |
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Fightin' and trouble are my middle name |
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I was raised in a cane |
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Brake by an old name'lion can't |
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No, Icall woman make me walk the line |
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(Repeat *) |
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If you see me comin' better step a side |
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A lotta man didn't, a lotta men died |
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One fist of iron, the other of steel |
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If the right one don't get you |
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Then the left on will you |
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