The Shadowlands Ryan Adams

God, please bring the rain Yeah, and bring it soon Let it flood right through the houses Into Judy's room With a father on amphetamines Her mother hides the pearls Reach out into the darkness And find

Shadowlands Big Head Todd & The Monsters

Ah, soon she will wake When love is the air she breathes Hurry into her please Alight again And take what we reap A harvest abounding The trumpets are sounding A beautiful name From shadowlands we run

The Sadness Ryan Adams

The stars they sink In the oceans of ink Long black ribbons of cars And in the taxi You ask me how I'm doing But you already know Beyond, beyond is not through Its only a reflection of you And

You Will Always Be The Same Ryan Adams

Go on to the street to the cars in the pouring rain Go on to the bus that left us in the dust and the flames And when the son meets the father It'll be something smarter for the pain But

Dirty Rain Ryan Adams

Last time I was here it was rainingIt ain't raining anymoreThe streets were drowned and the water's waningAll the ruins washed ashoreI'm just looking through the rubbleTrying to find out who we wereLast

Voices Ryan Adams

You come through the door like a bag of rocks Wounded all the time And I'm inside the tomb with the t.v. on mute Elijah don't you come Oh god don't you come I steal out the window like I'm using the

Trouble Ryan Adams

Trouble I hear the clock tick in the room The walls will crumble and you're holding The match between the fuse There's something I just got nothing else to say I've been on the beats since yesterday There's

Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues Ryan Adams

works outta Queens in the Black limousines, money in the bank Black limousines, money in the bank Send it home Tina Toledo got a kid that lives with her Ma She takes the subway after school, makes up

Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. Ryan Adams

Something's beating on the wall on the other side Strange lovers moan Each other's names on by sheets For the very first time One of them's James The other's some name she changes every time she lies across

Mockingbird Ryan Adams

Mockingbirds sing Sing me what the Lord was singing On the day He made the water The color of the blues Sing me that song Sing me till the heavens rising On the day He made the water The color of my baby's

I Taught Myself How To Grow Old Ryan Adams

Poor little rose, beaten by the rain In the wind in the gale, thunder and the hail Sometimes I feel like I'm going insane Without the numbness or the pain so intense to feel Especially now it added up

Invisible Riverside Ryan Adams

Guess I'll show my handEither way I'm losingYou still have the goodsBack when I couldn't use themStanding by the oceanLike I'm frozen here in timeSo don't let go, don't change your mindIf the stars fall

Magnolia Mountain Ryan Adams

the rocks of the mountain my savior made Lie to me Sing me a song Sing me a song until the morning comes If the morning come, will you lie to me Will you take me to your bed Will you lay me down Til'

Carolina Rain Ryan Adams

Rose lived on the south side of town Until her landlord showed up with two hundred dollar bills A notice of eviction on the other hand Now she don't live there no more, And everyone thinks he drowned

Rocks Ryan Adams

Whatever it is you know you think you wantWell here's a little something to light the wayInside your heart where the darkness staysI believe the sun still rises here but when it fallsI'm not sure what

Chains Of Love Ryan Adams

Walk away slowlyYou don't have to take thisIn the spaces in betweenSadness on the basisI can see the chains of loveThe chainsTalking 'bout the chains of loveCan't take us awayStorms are brewing in your

Wonderwall Ryan Adams

the word was on the street That the fire in your heart is out I'm sure you've heard it all before But you never really had a doubt I don't believe that anybody feels The way I do about you now

Tears Of Gold Ryan Adams

One day we are young And by the next one we are old despite the years And tears of gold precede the rapture Time has its way with everyone In its path, she combs her hair And tears of gold fall on the

The Drugs Not Working Ryan Adams

I was shooting in the back of the car When the windows smashed on the police cars I was swimming through the streets of New York With my cocaine dagger and throats to cut And it was making her cry...

Shadows Ryan Adams

I fall, in the cutting room Straight to the fall, before the film is through Today in my head, that field of reason why Come a little closer, honey And touch the fire How long do I have here with you The

Bartering Lines Ryan Adams

Hold me up, hold me down Leave me in the withering pines Steal my love, steal my kisses Take 'em to the bartering lines Ten cents up, two bucks down Ship it out and turn it into fuel Three bucks

Feels Like Fire Ryan Adams

Are you there Screaming in the night Somewhere Hanging from the side Feel the sunlight The sunlight on my face It’s cold out here Lost in outer space Just so you know You will always be the hardest thing

Wonderwall (Oasis Cover) Ryan Adams

Today is gonna be the day That they\'re gonna throw it back to you By now you should\'ve somehow Realized what you gotta do I don\'t believe that anybody Feels the way I do about you now Backbeat

The Rescue Blues Ryan Adams

Everybody wants you to be special And everybody wants you to be high They throw you down a rope when you're in trouble baby Screamin' Save me Then they charge you with the rescue blues the rescue blues

Operator, Operator Ryan Adams

Operator, operator gets lowAnd she can't find the numberCryin' on the telephoneIt's hard, it's harder when she knowsNewscasters don't watch the newsLike operators don't get numbers they loseI'm a castle

Let It Ride Ryan Adams

Movin' like the fog on the Cumberland River I was leaving on the Delta Queen I wasn't ready to go I'm never ready to go Twenty-seven years of nothin' but failures and promises that I couldn't keep Oh lord

Strawberry Wine Ryan Adams

Last night in the street collapsed on itself In fact, it broke right in two And I fell in The strawberry vines Into a pool of strawberry wine Strawberry wine and clouds Burning in the desert, surrounded

29 Ryan Adams

I was a poor little kid in the lungs of new York Just like a motherless son of a bitch Loaded on ephedrine looking for downers and coke Like a sun that just wouldn't set out on the horizon Singing and

Anybody Wanna Take Me Home Ryan Adams

So, I am in the twilight of my youth Not that I'm going to remember And have you seen the moon tonight Is it full?

Stay With Me Ryan Adams

Love when you call my name It sends me running into the flame I love you baby just treat me right Hold me closer in the middle of the night I love you girl and it's alright Stay with me Are you waiting

Ashes & Fire Ryan Adams

As he stared past the fire His hunger to leave well it gnawed his poor heart alive Her skin smelled like black cherry blossom perfume And the sailboats they all sailed by and a river she cried And the

Blossom Ryan Adams

And in the Wildwood trees The wild wind blows And the nighttime crushes the hurricane rose And with no one to care for you Who knows Blossom for me rose You're the picture of my love Blossom for me rose

La Cienega Just Smiled Ryan Adams

Ah the night...here it comes again It's on with the jeans, the jacket and the shirt How'd I end up feeling so bad For such a little girl And I hold you close in the back of my mind Feels so good but damn

Chin Up, Cheer Up Ryan Adams

Took a walk with you In the shadow of my shoes Danced around the broken blues In the dirty summer rain Moonlight on the cars Parked in single file at the bars With a thick and rosy smoke

This House Is Not For Sale Ryan Adams

Tell 'em that the house is not for sale We're still livin' here, how come nobody can tell They're takin' all the furniture, movin' our things Come on little honey, put your head on my knee Tell 'em that

New York, New York Ryan Adams

Well, I shuffled through the city on the 4th of July I had a firecracker waiting to blow Breakin' like a rocket who makin' its way To the cities of Mexico Lived in an apartment out on Avenue A I

Thank You Louise Ryan Adams

Everyone, when she was young, They said she was the pretty one She's lovely now, just watch her as she goes Waiting for the birds to come She holds the hands of someone young Whose mother comes and she

Hotel Chelsea Nights Ryan Adams

How long's it gonna be, babe Before I get over you, doll You're tearin' the stuff right out of me kid What with you living right up the hall And I'm tired of living in this hotel TV and dirty magazines

Political Scientist Ryan Adams

He is drinking water from the faucet from the river From the tributary it comes through rusted pipes Outside his window he sees the water that's supposed to be clean By the chemicals polluted by the candy

I See Monsters Ryan Adams

Baby, I know you cannot hear me now 'Cause you're fast asleep But I love you now Colors inside your head go spinning around Like a ferris wheel Exploding and falling to the ground Oh, people are screaming

Nuclear Ryan Adams

This is where the summer ends In a flash of pure destruction, no one wins Goin' nuclear. Nuclear.

Save Me Ryan Adams

What am I doing hereIn the setting sunWith the windows down?What am I?Like a breaking bellRinging like a sighWhat am I doing here?What am I?

Meadowlake Street Ryan Adams

something about you That reminds me of all those times When I wasn't sorry, when I wasn't blue The cherry moon it shone down on us Under the stars shining down every one for you If I could count them

City Rain, City Streets Ryan Adams

Oh, the city rain It floods the city streets And in my city bed Out of my fuckin' head Is it snowing in space? God I wish I could talk to you Is it snowing in space?

She Wants To Play Hearts Ryan Adams

I am a broken toy For a lonely girl Use once and destroy And go find some more Back home, kids play in the leaves in the park She wants to play a game of hearts I'm the rag doll boy

Cry On Demand Ryan Adams

So, it's how the story goes. Can we cut to the scene where I'm holding you close. She moves, moves like a pendulum blade Cut, all the words that I said. The only difference is . . .

Blue Sky Blues Ryan Adams

And let yourself go blue for once And let go of the weight you've been carrying In this house, no one goes to sleep for days, Its like were working on a mountainside Trying not to slide, Into the

Rosalie Come And Go Ryan Adams

I knew a girl named Rosalie, We used to hang out in the park, We used to score the system grease, From the fellas after dark.

Life Is Beautiful Ryan Adams

You plant a rose And if the rose comes up You're thankful to God And when it doesn't you cuss him You raise a child And when the child grows up You got to learn to let go If you can't learn to love

Luminol Ryan Adams

Nobody with no one to call And all this time Hot metal as her clothes dissolve Emergency lights It's genocide It's sucide I'm spinning around the room in awe I'm spinning around the room I'm floating through