Geoff Castellucci - Sixteen Tons

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 16 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 I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine I picked up my shovel and walked to the mine I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said, “Well, a-bless my soul“ . . I was born one mornin’, it was drizzlin’ rain Fightin’ and Trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion Can’t no high-toned woman make me walk the line . . If you see me comin’, better step aside A lotta men didn’t, a lotta men died One fist of iron, the other of steel If the right one doesn’t get you Then the left one will