Sylvia Plath Ryan Adams

I wish I had a Sylvia Plath Busted tooth and a smile And cigarette ashes in her drink The kind that goes out and then sleeps for a week The kind that goes out on her To give me a reason, for well, I dunno

Sylvia Plath Witness

with slingshots When God breathes a little life in my windsock Imma pray she flies free when she has her wings chopped First to the last, dress the women in black Well studied students of the school of Sylvia

Bloody Ice Cream bikini kill

Bloody Ice Cream The Sylvia Plath story is told to girls who write They want us to think that to be a girl poet Means you have to die Who is it That told me All girls who write must suicide?

Wonderwall 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...

Shakedown on 9th Street Ryan Adams

Head on down to 9th street gal Let's go out a kicking with the boys and the gals Wear your dress and bring my ring Someone's gonna get it, ain't gonna be me Lucy, Lucy my gal (Lucy, Lucy my gal) L...

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 drow...

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 ...

Lucky Now Ryan Adams

I don\'t remember were we wild and young All that faded into memory I feel like somebody I don\'t know Are we really who we used to be Am I really who I was The lights will draw you in And the dar...

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 s...

Do I Wait Ryan Adams

Do I want to say the things that I say When I know that they are wrong? Do I wait here forever for you? Could you ask me to? I've been waiting here all night If you're not gonna show We're not gonn...

Kindness Ryan Adams

If you're so kind Can you let down your hand Can you let down your hand If you're so kind If you're so strong Can you shelter the weak Will you listen as the strangers speak Bring them calm Kindnes...

Dear John Ryan Adams

I got a house full of walls And utility bills, every Monday the company calls I got a nice bed to sleep on And a chest of drawers, where I keep those dreams of yours Cause you're always mine to kee...

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 ha...

Come Pick Me Up Ryan Adams

When they call your name Will you walk right up With a smile on your face Will you cower in fear In your favorite sweater With an old love letter I wish you would I wish you would Come pick me up T...

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, surro...

Blue Sky Blues Ryan Adams

Blue sky when you gonna learn to rain? 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 mount...

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 some...

Nuclear Ryan Adams

This is where the summer ends In a flash of pure destruction, no one wins Goin' nuclear. Nuclear. The violets in my eyelids goin' red Sentimental geek Shut up and go to sleep ...

Hallelujah Ryan Adams

I've been a desperate man I've been sheltered by a lonely dream There's a stranger here Looking back above the bathroom sink Every night I throw you out Leave you stranded on the bouleva...

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 Bu...

Desire Ryan Adams

Two hearts fading, like a flower. And all this waiting, for the power. For some answer, to this fire. Sinking slowly. The water’s higher. Desire Desire With no secrets. No obse...

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 . . . The ...

Starting To Hurt Ryan Adams

It's a long way down, but I feel alright It's a long way down, but I feel alright And the cops get in, and the crowd gets tight Take your tomorrow, pain and your sorrow and teach it how to fly ...

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 ...

Tennessee Sucks Ryan Adams

There you go Waving your arms like a girl Suckin' down your cloves Don't worry, nobody knows Somebody order my round 'Cause I'm getting by With a twelve pack from 12th & Porter with Billy 4:30 a.m....

Dear Chicago Ryan Adams

Dear Chicago, You'll never guess. You know the girl you said I'd meet some day? Well, I've got something to confess. She picked me up on Friday. Asked me if she reminded me of you. I ju...

Gimme A Sign Ryan Adams

Here's a picture of your lonely Fridays Turned to nothing on a Friday night Firecracker with a pile of empties Detonated with a lonely fire I see your face, I hear your voice I touch the ...

Tomorrow Ryan Adams

Pulled into the station And they're playing Waylon Jennings When you're driving through Selena You'll see the lights are blinding Yeah, and I'll be thinking of you Ohhh, my baby's going h...

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 smok...

Gonna Make You Love Me Ryan Adams

Riot on the streets, the touch beneath the sheets It's only gonna make you love me more The cops they got the guns, the night destroys the sun It's only gonna make you love me more This old w...

My Blue Manhattan Ryan Adams

My blue ManhattanShe's angry like a child, but how sweetFire and rain on the streetIt's you against me most daysIt's me against you, fellAh, the snow's comin' downOn the cars in midtownStone cold i...

Please Do Not Let Me Go Ryan Adams

If the walls in the room could talkI wonder to myself, would they laugh?It's like some kind of jailBeams of lightFall through the curtains onto the bedI'm all alone now, I can do as I pleaseI don't...

City Rain, City Streets Ryan Adams

Oh, the city rainIt floods the city streetsAnd in my city bedOut of my fuckin' headIs it snowing in space?God I wish I could talk to youIs it snowing in space?And all the city snowFreezes the Chels...

I See Monsters Ryan Adams

Baby, I know you cannot hear me now'Cause you're fast asleepBut I love you nowColors inside your head go spinning aroundLike a ferris wheelExploding and falling to the groundOh, people are screamin...

English Girls Approximately Ryan Adams

English girls are pretty when they play guitarCrazy like a day just breaking I ain't sure what forAin't got a mother or a father or a place to fallShe's got a brother in the blues, But he doesn't k...

Thank You Louise Ryan Adams

Everyone, when she was young,They said she was the pretty oneShe's lovely now, just watch her as she goesWaiting for the birds to comeShe holds the hands of someone youngWhose mother comes and she ...

Hotel Chelsea Nights Ryan Adams

How long's it gonna be, babeBefore I get over you, dollYou're tearin' the stuff right out of me kidWhat with you living right up the hallAnd I'm tired of living in this hotelTV and dirty magazinesA...

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. We used to sail the streets at night,Used to hang out late,She had a bad t...

Goodnight Rose Ryan Adams

Goodnight Rose, we're going to winPut your troubles behind you and go on to bedLet go of the worry, there's so much nobody understandsDon't live your life in such a hurry, life goes by us, so, so f...

Two Ryan Adams

If you take me backBack to your placeI'll try not to bother youI promise'Cause it's cold in hereAnd I wish it was hotThe sink's brokeIt's leaking from the faucetAnd I'm fracturedFrom beforeAnd I wa...

Everybody Knows Ryan Adams

You come for me in the worst of placesYou come for me, you come and try to take me homeI'm always in need, and it's hard to be reciprocatingThe fabric of our life gets tornAnd everything's changing...

Halloweenhead Ryan Adams

Here comes that shit againI've got a halloweenheadHead full of tricks and treatsIt leads me thru the nighttime streetsBlack cats and falling treesUnder ladders always walkingSalt shaker spills just...

Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. Ryan Adams

Something's beating on the wall on the other sideStrange lovers moanEach other's names on by sheetsFor the very first timeOne of them's JamesThe other's some name she changes every time she lies ac...

Tears Of Gold Ryan Adams

One day we are youngAnd by the next one we are old despite the yearsAnd tears of gold precede the raptureTime has its way with everyoneIn its path, she combs her hairAnd tears of gold fall on the g...

The Sun Also Sets Ryan Adams

When you get the timeSit down and write me a letterWhen you're feeling betterDrop me a lineI wanna know how it all works outI had a feeling we were fading outI didn't know that people faded out so ...

Off Broadway Ryan Adams

Hanging 'round BroadwayAnd I think I saw your faceCars speeding by meReminding me of usRats going from the gutter to their holesAll these people that are trying to get homeI don't know where that i...

Pearls On A String Ryan Adams

1, 2, 3Blue eyes for milesPretty as a peachGlorious kind and always on timeNever far outta reachTomorrow's on it's wayAnd there's always new songs to singGlorious kind, always on timePearls on a st...

Rip Off Ryan Adams

I can name the people that know they don't know themselvesWithout talking to nobodyI can count the people that know they want to fix themselvesWithout taking my hands out of my pocketsI make these ...

Two Hearts Ryan Adams

Here we go againGod, I listen, but I'm not listeningEverything she says, oh I heard it all beforeSo what if I haveIt doesn't mean it isn't beautifulAnd everyone needs company once in a whileTwo hea...

These Girls Ryan Adams

Well girl sometimes I feel just like a boyPut here on this earth for you to toy around withLike matchbox cars you buy and burn in your backyardLike monsters underneath your bedYou ain't afraid of y...