The Mail Carrier's Lament — Who Carries the Carrier? (Official Video)

Who Carries the Carrier — Dolores Pike Dolores Pike is a rural carrier. This one's for the rural carriers. A postal worker song for every mail carrier, clerk and mail handler. New songs every Sunday and Wednesday. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one, and hit like if this one reached you. This song is on the full album, Working Folks Blues (12 songs):    • 12 Bars at a Time: The Truth About Working...   She carries everybody's news. Nobody carries hers. More from Grace and Main: graceandmainpress.com Created by Ida Shoulders · Grace and Main Music LYRICS I got a satchel on my shoulder, got a thousand doors to go, Said I got a satchel on my shoulder, Lord, a thousand doors to go, Every door gets somethin' from me, nobody asks me what I know. I bring the rent check to the widow, bring the bill right after that, Yeah, I bring the rent check to the widow, bring the shutoff after that, Bring a letter from a boy in prison to a mama in a church hat. Who carries the carrier, When the day done broke her back? Who carries the carrier, When there ain't no carryin' back? I hold everybody's business, Hold it gentle, hold it true — But who carries the carrier, baby? Tell me, who's gon' carry me through? Dog done tore my good umbrella, rain done soaked me to the bone, Mm, that dog done tore my umbrella, rain done soaked me to the bone, Lady hollered "Where my package?" like I drove it here alone. I been the good news and the bad news, I been the first to know who died, I been the good news and the bad news, I been first to know who died, I can't cry on nobody's porch, so I save it for the ride. Who carries the carrier, When the day done broke her back? Who carries the carrier, When there ain't no carryin' back? I hold everybody's business, Hold it gentle, hold it true — But who carries the carrier, baby? Tell me, who's gon' carry me through? Peak season… Twelve hours, no lunch, no thank you… And when I finally sit down, the band won't let me rest — so I sing. Who carries the carrier, When the day done broke her back? Who carries the carrier, When there ain't no carryin' back? I hold everybody's business, Hold it gentle, hold it true — So tonight let the music carry me, 'Cause the music's all I got that's mine… and you. Set it down, Dolores. Set it down. A rural mail carrier song for anyone who carries the weight of others' news but has nowhere to set their own down. Every day, the job demands more than just delivering letters. It is about holding the rent checks, the bad news, and the private lives of an entire route. This postal worker song speaks to the exhaustion that comes when you are the first to know everything but have no one to talk to about the day. This track is part of our working folks blues project, honoring the quiet, heavy work that keeps the world turning. The emotional labor of the route is real, and when the day breaks your back, sometimes all you have left is the music. New songs every Sunday and Wednesday. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one, and hit like if this one reached you. #DoloresPike #blues #spiritual #postalworker #GraceAndMainMusic #ruralcarrier #ruralmailcarrier