16 CARRIAGES

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Beyoncé
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16 carriages driving ____
While I watch them ride with my ____ away
To the summer sunset on a holy ____
On a long back road all the tears I ____

16 carriages driving 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 15 the innocence was gone ____
I had to leave my home at an early ____

I saw mama praying I saw daddy grind

All my tender problems had to leave behind

Itʼs been umpteen summers and Iʼm not in my bed

On the back of the bus in a bunk with the band

Going so hard gotta choose myself

Underpaid an overwhelmed

I might cook clean but still wonʼt fold

Still working all my life you know

Only God knows, only God knows, only God knows

16 carriages driving away

While I watch them ride with my fears away

Into the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

16 carriages driving away

While I watch them ride with my fears away

Into the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

16 dollars working all day ainʼt got time to waste

I got art to make I got love to ____

On this holy night

They won’t dim my ____

All these years I fight

It’s been 38 summers and I’m not in my bed

In the back on the bus, in the bunk with the bed

Going so hard, now I miss my kids

Overworked and overwhelmed

I might cook, clean but still won’t fold

Still working on my life you know

Only God knows, only God knows, only God knows

16 carriages driving ____

While I watch them ride with my fears away

Into the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

16 carriages driving away

While I watch them ride with my fears away

Into the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all these tears I fight

At 15 the innocence was gone ____

Had to take care of home at an early age

I saw mama crying, I saw daddy lying

Had to sacrifice and leave my ____ behind

For legacy, if it’s the last thing I do

You’ll remember me, cause we got something to prove

In your memory

On the highway to truth

Still see our faces when you close your eyes

16 carriages driving away

While I watch them ride with my dreams away