Lyrics Sixteen Tons - Joe Cocker

Aah
Well, some people say a man, is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Out of muscle and blood
Out skin and bone
A mind that's weak, and a back that's strong
He loaded sixteen tons
And what do he get
He got another day older
And a deeper in debt
Well, fate you can't call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
Aah, well, well, well, well
Well, I was born one morning
When the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel
And I started to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the tone boss said, "Well, bless his soul"
He loaded sixteen tons and what did he get
He got another day older and a deeper in debt
Well, fate you can't, you call me 'cause I can't go
Well, I owe my soul to the company store
Aah, oh, oh, oh, oh
Well, if you see me comin', you better step aside
A lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died
Well, one fist of iron, the other of steel
Well, if the right one don't get you, then the left one will
He loaded sixteen tons and what did he get
He got another day older and a deeper in debt
Well, fate you can't, you call me 'cause I can't go
Well, I owe my soul to the company store