Some people say а man's made out mud,
poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
And mind that's weak and the back that's strong.
 [bad word] You load 16 tons,
And 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 [bad word] store!

I was born one morning when sun didn't shine,
I picked up my shovel and I went to the mine,
I Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"
 [bad word] You load 16 tons,
And 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 [bad word] store!

If you see [bad word] , better keep aside
lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will
 [bad word] You load 16 tons,
And 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 [bad word] store!

I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain,
Fight'n'Trouble 's my middle name,
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion,
Can't no high toned women make me walk the line!
 [bad word] You load 16 tons,
And 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 [bad word] store!