作词 : Beyoncé/Dave Hamelin/Atia Boggs/Raphael Saadiq

作曲 : Beyoncé/Dave Hamelin/Atia Boggs/Raphael Saadiq

Sixteen carriages drivin' away

While I watch them ride with my dreams away

To the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

Sixteen carriages drivin' away

While I watch them ride with my dreams away

To the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

At fifteen 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

Under paid and overwhelmed

I might cook clean but still won't fold

Still workin' on my life you know

Only God knows only God knows

Only God knows

Sixteen carriages drivin' away

While I watch them ride with my fears away

To the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

Sixteen carriages drivin' away

While I watch them ride with my fears away

To the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

Sixteen dollars workin' all day

Ain't got time to waste I got art to make

I got love to create on this holy night

They won't dim my light all these years I fight

It's been thirty-eight summers and I'm not in my bed

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

Goin' so hard now I miss my kids

Overworked and overwhelmed

I might cook clean but still won't fold

Still workin' on my life you know

Only God knows only God knows

Only God knows

Sixteen carriages driving away

While I watch them ride with my fears away

To the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all the tears I fight

Sixteen carriages driving away

While I watch them ride with my fears away

To the summer sunset on a holy night

On a long back road all these tears I fight

Oh oh

Oh

At fifteen the innocence was gone astray

Had to take care of home at an early age

I saw Mama cryin' I saw Daddy lyin'

Had to sacrifice and leave my fears behind

The legacy is the last thing I do

You'll remember me 'cause we got somethin' to prove

In your memory on a highway to truth

Still see your faces when you close your eyes

Sixteen carriages drivin' away

While I watch them ride with my dreams away