Sixteen Tons

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Some peo-ple say a man is made out of mud

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A poor man's made out of mus-cle and blood

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Mus-cle and blood and skin and bones,

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A mi-nd that's weak

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and a back that's strong,

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You load six-teen tons

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and what do you get?

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An-other day old-er and deep-er in debt

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Saint Pe-ter, don't you call me

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'cause I can't go

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I o-we my soul to the com-pa-ny store.