And now I owe my soul at the company store.

 

Well I went to the office to draw some script

The man, he told me -- was a wreck in the dip.

To clear the tracks would be a week or more

But your credit's still good at our company store.

 

If you see me coming, step aside.

A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died

I got a fist of iron, I got a fist of steel,

The left one don't get you then the right one will.

 

 ~ Lyrics as recorded by George Davis

 

I got the above Royalty Statement and’ve been sing’n these blues ever since.

 

I loaded sixteen tons and what do I get

Another day older and deeper in debt.

Saint Peter don't call me cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store.

I was born one morning, was a drizzling rain

A fussing and fighting ain't my middle name.

Well they raised me in a corner by a Mammy hound

 

I'm as mean as a dog but I'm as gentle as a lamb.

 

Well I got up one morning, the sun didn't shine,

I picked up my shovel and I went to the mine,

I loaded sixteen ton of that number four coal

The face boss said, ''Well bless my soul!"

 

I loaded sixteen tons, I tried to get ahead,

Got deeper and deeper in debt instead.

Well they got what I made, and they wanted some more,

Sixteen Tons

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Debut Authors Get down and Dirty.

Writing related expenses for 2005 came to about $3400.  I am in the hole with TOR by –4007.56 for reserves. So. I cleared about $3400 last year.  But if I want a publisher for the next book I’m not done with the promoting. 

S