I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
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I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.
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I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal.
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And the straw boss said (well bless my soul).
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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 sold my soul to the company's store.
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If you see me coming better step aside.
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A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died.
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I've got one fist of iron, the other of steel.
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And if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
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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 owe my soul to the company's store
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Some people say a man is made out of mud.
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A poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
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Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
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A mind that is 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 owe my soul to the company's store.
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16 Tons
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Dandy Warhols |