16 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

16 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 15 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 umpteenth 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