16 Days

Author:

 Ryan Adams

Studio Versions:

2 -- Re-Issue Version / SA Version

Official Appearance:

 Strangers Almanac -- Whiskeytown
Strangers Almanac Sampler -- Whiskeytown
16 Days [Single] -- Whiskeytown
KGSR Broadcasts, Vol. 5 -- Whiskeytown
On The Mountain 4 -- Ryan Adams & Caitlin Cary
Faithless Street (Reissue) -- Whiskeytown
Mile Marker 383 -- Whiskeytown
American Eagle Outfitters Vol. 3 -- Whiskeytown
Help Yourself -- Whiskeytown

Unofficial Appearance:

 N/A
Notes: Ryan Adams interview:  "This [Re-Issue] version really sounds like it belongs more to the Faithless Street era than to the Strangers era. It makes more sense in terms of what we were doing back then, as much as the new version makes sense in terms of what we were doing on the second record."

Played Live: 

05/09/96 01/18/97 01/26/98 10/21/99 01/05/00 06/08/05
05/24/96 03/14/97 02/06/98 10/22/99 02/16/00 06/10/05
03/15/97 02/08/98 10/23/99 03/17/00 11/16/05
03/24/97 02/11/98 10/25/99 09/17/00
03/26/97 02/12/98 10/28/99 11/01/00
03/28/97 02/13/98 12/31/99 11/02/00
03/30/97 02/19/98 11/05/00
04/03/97 02/24/98 11/06/00
04/05/97 02/25/98 11/07/00
07/19/97 02/27/98 11/09/00

08/02/97 03/01/98
08/06/97 03/07/98
08/12/97 03/20/98
08/13/97 03/21/98
08/14/97 03/22/98
08/15/97 03/24/98
08/21/97 03/25/98
08/22/97 03/27/98
08/29/97 03/28/98
09/05/97 04/02/98
09/06/97 04/09/98
09/11/97 04/11/98
09/12/97 04/28/98
09/13/97 04/29/98
09/16/97 04/30/98
09/17/97 05/05/98
09/21/97 05/09/98
09/26/97 06/07/98
09/28/97 06/09/98
10/19/97 06/15/98
10/21/97 06/16/98
10/25/97 09/04/98
10/26/97 09/06/98
10/29/97 09/09/98
10/30/97 09/10/98
11/01/97 09/17/98
11/03/97 10/01/98
11/06/97 12/20/98

Lyrics:   

I got sixteen days
One for every time I've gone away
One for every time I should have stayed
You should have worn my wedding ring

I got sixteen days
Fifteen of those are nights
Can't sleep when the bed sheet fights
Its way back to your side

Well the ghost has got me running (ghost has got me running)
The ghost has got me running (ghost has got me running)
Away from you, away from you, away...

I got sixteen days
Got a bible and a rosary
God, I wish that you were close to me
Guess I owe you an apology

I got sixteen days
Fifteen of those are nights
Can't sleep when the bed sheet fights
Its way back to your side

Well the ghost has got me running 
The ghost has got me running 
Away from you, away from you, away...

Old tin cups, little paper dolls
All wrapped up, in ribbons, bows, and hearts
Old tin cups, and little paper dolls
All wrapped up, in the ribbons of your heart

I got sixteen days
Sixteen days
I got sixteen days
It's like before I hang

 

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