son yeah some people say a man s made outta mud but a poor man s made outta muscle and blood muscle and blood skin and bone a mind that s weak and a back that s strong you load sixteen tons what do you get another day older and deeper and debt st peter don t you call me i can t go i owe my soul to the company store i owe my soul i owe my soul to the company store i was born one mornin when the sun didn t shine grabbed me a shovel and i went to the mine loaded sicteen tons of no 9 coal and the storeboss said well bless my soul i load sixteen tons what do you get well i was born one morning it was drizzlin rain figting and trouble is my middle name i was raised in wood by mama of mine no hightoned mama makes me walk the line i load sixteen tons what do you get if you see me comin better step aside a lotta men didn t and a lotta men died one fist is iron the other one s steel if the right one don t get you then the left one will i load sixteen tons what do you get 