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The Platters
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Some people say man's made out mud,
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Well, a good man's made out of muscle and blood
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Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
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And mind that's weak and the back that's strong.
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You load 16 tons,
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And what do you get?
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Another day older,
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And deeper in debt.
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Saint Peter, don't you call me,
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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 morning when sun didn't shine,
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I picked up my shovel and I went to the mine,
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Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
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And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"
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You load 16 tons,
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And what do you get?
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Another day older,
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And deeper in debt.
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Saint Peter, don't you call me,
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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 coming, you better step aside,
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A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died.
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My one fist is iron, the other one's steel,
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And if the left don't getcha, then the right one will
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You load 16 tons,
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And what do you get?
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Another day older,
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And deeper in debt.
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Saint Peter, don't you call me,
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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 morning, it was drizzling rain,
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Fighting and Trouble 's my middle name,
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I was raised down the Canebrake by an old mountain mine,
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And there ain't no hard hearted women make me walk that line!
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You load 16 tons,
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And what do you get?
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Another day older,
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And deeper in debt.
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Saint Peter, don't you call me,
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Cause I can't go,
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I owe my soul to the company store
16 Tons - arranged by "The Platters"
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