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Whiskeytown – 16 Days (1997) | Track profile | Dork

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Whiskeytown
Stranger’s Almanac
16 Days

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16 Days

Release date: 29th July 1997

From Stranger’s Almanac

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About This Track

"16 Days" is a track by Whiskeytown, from the album Stranger’s Almanac, released 29th July 1997. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Whiskeytown

Whiskeytown

Lyrics

16 Days

[Verse 1]

I got sixteen days

One for every time I've gone away

One for every time I should have stayed

Shoulda wore my wedding ring

[Verse 2]

I got sixteen days

Fifteen of those are nights

Can't sleep when the bed sheet fights

Its way back to your side

[Chorus]

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

Well the ghost has got me running (ghost has got me running)

Well the ghost has got me running (ghost has got me running)

Away from you, away from you, away

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 2]

I got sixteen days

Fifteen of those are nights

Can't sleep when the bed sheet fights

Its way back to your side

[Chorus]

Well the ghost has got me running (ghost has got me running)

Well the ghost has got me running (ghost has got me running)

Away from you, away from you, away

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

[Bridge]

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

[Outro]

I got sixteen days

Sixteen days

I got sixteen days

It's like before I hang

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Track details

From Stranger’s Almanac

1997

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Album

Stranger’s Almanac

Release year

1997

—Dancing with the Women at the Bar
—Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight
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—Losering
—Not Home Anymore
—Somebody Remembers the Rose
—Everything I Do
—16 Days
—Yesterday's News
—Waiting to Derail
—Turn Around
—Avenues
—Inn Town

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Ryan Adams
Producer: Barrett Jones, Jim Scott
Engineer: Jim Scott
Bass: Jeff Rice
Drums: Steven Terry
Guitar: Greg Leisz, Ryan Adams
Vocals: Caitlin Cary, Phil Wandscher, Ryan Adams, Steven Terry
Acoustic Guitar: Ryan Adams
Banjo: Ryan Adams
Electric Guitar: Phil Wandscher, Ryan Adams
Mandolin: Greg Leisz
Mastering Engineer: Stephen Marcussen
Mixing Engineer: Jim Scott
Organ: John Ginty, Phil Wandscher
Percussion: Jim Scott, Kurt Bisquera, Phil Wandscher, Ryan Adams, Steven Terry
Piano: John Ginty, Ryan Adams
Saxophone: Jim Goodwin (2)
Trombone: Crecencio Gonzalez
Trumpet: Dan Navarro
Violin: Caitlin Cary