16 Carriages

Album: Cowboy Carter (2024)
Charted: 44 38
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  • Sixteen carriages drivin' away
    While I watch them ride with my dreams away
    To the summer sunset on a holy night
    On a long black road, all the tears I fight
    Sixteen carriages drivin' away
    While I watch them ride with my dreams away
    To the summer sunset on a holy night
    On a long black road, all the tears I fight

    At fifteen, the innocence was gone astray
    Had to leave my home at an early age
    I saw Mama prayin', I saw Daddy grind
    All my tender problems, had to leave behind

    It's been umpteen summers and I'm not in my bed
    On the back of the bus and a bunk with the band
    Goin' so hard, gotta choose myself
    Underpaid and overwhelmed
    I might cook, clean, but still won't fold
    Still workin' on my life, you know
    Only God knows, only God knows
    Only God knows

    Sixteen carriages drivin' away
    While I watch them ride with my fears away
    To the summer sunset on a holy night
    On a long back road, all the tears I fight
    Sixteen carriages drivin' away
    While I watch them ride with my fears away
    To the summer sunset on a holy night
    On a long back road, all the tears I fight

    Sixteen dollars, workin' all day
    Ain't got time to waste, I got art to make
    I got love to create on this holy night
    They won't dim my light, all these years I fight

    It's been thirty-eight summers and I'm not in my bed
    On the back of the bus and a bunk with the band
    Goin' so hard, now I miss my kids
    Overworked and overwhelmed
    I might cook, clean, but still won't fold
    Still workin' on my life, you know
    Only God knows, only God knows
    Only God knows

    Sixteen carriages driving away
    While I watch them ride with my fears away
    To the summer sunset on a holy night
    On a long back road, all the tears I fight
    Sixteen carriages driving away
    While I watch them ride with my fears away
    To the summer sunset on a holy night
    On a long back road, all these tears I fight

    Ooh, ooh
    Ooh

    At fifteen, the innocence was gone astray
    Had to take care of home at an early age
    I saw Mama cryin', I saw Daddy lyin'
    Had to sacrifice and leave my fears behind
    The legacy, if it's the last thing I do
    You'll remember me 'cause we got somethin' to prove
    In your memory, on a highway to truth
    Still see our faces when you close your eyes

    Sixteen carriages drivin' away
    While I watch them ride with my dreams away Writer/s: Atia Boggs, Beyoncé Knowles, Dave Hamelin, Raphael Saadiq
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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