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16 Tons
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Nina Hagen
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[Verse 1] Some people say a man is made out of mud A poor man's made out of muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that's weak and a back that's strong [Chorus] You load sixteen tons and 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 (We're not going back to those days of sixteen tons) St Peter, don't you call me 'Cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store (We're not going back to those days of sixteen tons) [Verse 2] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the minе I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And thе straw bus said well bless my soul [Chorus] Well, sixteen tons and 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 (We're not gonna be takin' the Red Line, we're taking the Green Line to prosperity) [Verse 3] I was born one morning It was drizzling rain Fightin' and trouble are my maiden name I was raised in the chain break by an old mama lion God no, no don't make me walk the line [Chorus] Sixteen tons and 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 [Verse 4] If you see me comin', better step aside A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died I got a fist of iron and a fist of steel If the right one don't get you Then the left one will [Chorus] Load sixteen tons and 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
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