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
Chorus:
You load sixteen tons, and whattaya get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don'cha 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 store boss said, "Well bless my soul!"
Chorus
I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the cambric by an old mama lion
Cain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
Chorus
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 getcha then the left one will
ChorusI have one feeling (been dreaming)
that you will finally come
I have that feeling (been dreaming)
and I know know that I'm right
Ooh I wanna have that feeling
Ooh to be the only one
Ooh I wanna have that feeling
Ooh to be the only one for you
I have been waiting (praying)
for you to finally show
I have been waiting (praying)
and I'm know that I'm right
Baby just for you
I gotta vision of you