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[Performed lyrics:]
some people say a man's made outta mud
a poor man's made outta muscle and blood
muscle and blood and skin and bones
a mind that's weak and a back that's strong
you load sixteen tons
what do you get
another day older and deeper in debt
st peter don't you call me
cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
some people say a man's made outta mud
a poor man's made of muscle and blood
muscle and blood [?]
[?]
you get sixteen tons
what do you get
another day older and deeper in debt
st peter don't you help me
somebody [?]
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin' in the Detroit rain
I worked up a wrench and went to dodge maine
sixteen hours just tightening bolts
and a foreman said, where's the rest of my soul
you load sixteen tons what do you get
another day older and deeper in debt
st. peter don't call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
if you see me comin' better step aside
a lotta men didn't a lotta men died
one fist of iron and the other of steel
if the right one don't get you then the left one will
you load sixteen tons what do you get
another day older and deeper in debt
st. peter don't call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
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Performed by 2 Star Tabernacle
featuring Jack White
Written by Merle Travis
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