[00:06.30]Some people say a man is made out of mud
[00:07.14]A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
[00:24.99]Muscle and blood and skin and bone
[00:27.57]A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[00:48.12]You load sixteen tons, and what do you get
[00:49.17]Another day older and deeper in debt
[01:01.62]Say brother don't you call me 'cos I can't go
[01:07.89]I owe my soul to the company store
[01:10.50]I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
[01:30.09]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
[01:36.48]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
[01:40.02]And the straw boss said 'well bless my soul'
[01:45.60]I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
[01:49.86]Fighting and trouble are my middle name
[01:54.03]I was raised in cane-brake by an old mamma lion
[02:04.41]Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line
[02:06.18]If you see me coming better step aside
[02:07.02]A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
[02:24.72]One fist of iron the other of steel
[02:28.38]If the right one don't get you then the left one will.

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 bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Say brother don't you call me 'cos 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 'well bless my soul'
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in cane-brake by an old mamma lion
Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line
If you see me coming better step aside
A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
One fist of iron the other of steel
If the right one don't get you then the left one will.