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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bart&Baker
Bart&Baker
Performer
Skeewiff
Skeewiff
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Merle Travis
Merle Travis
Lyrics

Lyrics

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 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 (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 owe my soul to the company store
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