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 aweak 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, abless 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 hightoned 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