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Sixteen Tons
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Western Flyer
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Some people say a man is made outta mud
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A poor man´s made outta muscle and blood
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Muscle and blood and skin and bones
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A mind that´s a-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 store
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I was born one mornin´ 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, a-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 owe my soul to the company store
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I was born one mornin´, it was drizzlin´ rain
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Fightin´ and trouble are my middle name
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I was raised in the canebrake by an ol´ mama lion
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Cain´t no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
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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 store
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If you see me comin´, better step aside
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A lotta men didn´t, a lotta men died
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One fist of iron, the other of steel
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If the right one don´t a-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
Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons (Official Mus...
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