Song of the Day

Song: 16 Days
Artist: Whiskeytown
Album: Strangers Almanac
Year: 1997
Source: Radio Paradise.

Makes Me Think of & etc.: I was surprised to hear this song on RP today. Pleasantly surprised. This song also appears on one of those Starbucks’ compilation albums (Mile Marker 383, Songs from the Open Road), which is where I first heard it. Makes me think of SFO and the Starbucks on the ground floor of my office building where I bought the compilation, spent a lot of time in meetings (really – we had a severe lack of conference rooms), and dropped eight bucks a day on coffee, Monday through Friday and the occasional Saturday. Those were the days?

Lyrics: (note the trendy broken shift-key look)

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

the ghost has got me running
the ghost has got me running
away from you, away from you, away from you.

the ghost has got me running
the ghost has got me running
away from you, away from you, away from you.

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

the ghost has got me running
yeah, the ghost has got me running
away from you, away from you, away from you.

the ghost has got me running
yeah, the ghost has got me running
away from you, away from you, away...

old tin cups, little paper dolls
all wrapped up, in ribbons, bowed with hearts
old tin cups, and little paper dolls
all wrapped up, in the ribbons of your heart

the ghost has got me running
yeah, the ghost has got me running
away from you, away from you, away from you.

the ghost has got me running
yeah, the ghost has got me running
away from you, away from you, away from you.

sixteen days
i got sixteen days
it's like before i hang

Others considered: Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again (acoustic), Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want