Louis Neefs - sixteen tons lyrics

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<b>sixteen tons</b> by <i>Louis Neefs</i><br />Now right back from Germany

We introduce the fabulous Lou Neefs

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

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You loaded sixteen tons

What do you get ?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me

Cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning when the sun didn 't shine

I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

And the straw boss said : "Wella bless my soul"

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If you see me comin', better step aside

A lot of man didn't, a lot of man died

One fist of iron, the other of steel

Of the right one doesn't get you, then the left one will

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