Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
You load 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 mornin' 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,
a-bless
my
soul
You load 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 mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load 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
If you see me comin', better step aside
A 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
You load 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
- :
- Mirage
- Ultimate Rarities Vol. 2
- Miscellaneous
- Live 17th October 1974
- House of the Rising Sun
- Athens Traffic Live
- Eric Burdon In Concert - Live In 1974
- In Concert Recorded Live 1974
- Legends Live In Concert, Vol. 21
- Eric Burdon
- Absolutely the Best
- The World of Eric Burdon
- Rock & Pop Legends
- The Masters
- I Used to Be an Animal
- Eric Burdon Sings the Best of the Animals
- Eric Burdon & The Animals
- The Eric Burdon Story
- Fuhgeddaboudit: Music You Heard on the Sopranos
- 60s British Invasion