Some folks say a man is made out of mud
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But a poor man's made out of muscle and blood
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muscle and blood, 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 and 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 owe my soul to the company store
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I was born when the sun didn't shine
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I became a man who who would work the mine
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I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal
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The foreman said: "well, a-bless my soul"
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I was born in drizzling rain
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Fighting and Trouble was my middle name
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When I come around, you better step aside
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A lot of man didn't and a lot man died (Yes they did)
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You load sixteen tons and 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 owe my soul to the company store. (Yes sing it one time with me)
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Sixteen tons and 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 owe my soul to the company store
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Sixteen Tons
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| Stevie Wonder |
