Sixteen Years from Forever by Vandoliers

It took sixteen years 

And one hundred thousand miles 

I was a preacher’s son who lost his way for a while 

I sang a poor man’s song

No one could hear 

It took one hundred thousand miles and sixteen years 


Sixteen years 

I’ve been working for sixteen years 

I’m gonna make it if it takes another sixteen years 


Yeah I’ve got broken bones 

And bloody hands 

A whiskey-torn voice holding on by a strand 

They say time will heal
But that time ain’t here 

It takes one hundred thousand miles and sixteen years


Sixteen years 

I’ve been working for sixteen years 

I’m gonna make it if it takes another sixteen years

Sixteen years 

I’ve been working for sixteen years 

I’m gonna make it if it takes another sixteen years
And one hundred thousand miles 

Of fistfights and unpaid trials 

I’m living the dream or just in denial 

For another hundred thousand miles


Sixteen years 

I’ve been working for sixteen years 

I’m gonna make it if it takes another sixteen years

Sixteen years 

I’ve been working for sixteen years 

I’m gonna make it if it takes another sixteen years

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