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

Two Hearts Ryan Adams

Here we go again God, I listen, but I'm not listening Everything she says, oh I heard it all before So what if I have It doesn't mean it isn't beautiful And everyone needs company once in a while Two hearts

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

Firecracker Ryan Adams

Black birds slow and softly breaks a glass of wine Broken bluesy whisper sing to me tonight Well, everybody wants to go forever I just wanna burn up hard and bright I just wanna be your firecracker And

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

English Girls Approximately Ryan Adams

English girls are pretty when they play guitar Crazy like a day just breaking I ain't sure what for Ain't got a mother or a father or a place to fall She's got a brother in the blues, But he doesn't know

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

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

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.

Lovesick Blues Ryan Adams

I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a girl, That's what's the matter with me I'm in love, I'm in love, with a beautiful girl, But she don't give a darn about me to make her love me I tried,

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.

Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues Ryan Adams

Sweet talkin' Johnny push a john quicker than he spit Street walkin' tin with a crooked crown waitin' for it There she goes She born in Boston but the Amtrak took her away She lives in Brooklyn but she

Avalanche Ryan Adams

I found your photograph in a cardboard box in a magazine I can't remember you, remember us or anything I taught you how to feel, but you just feel numb They taught you how to feel, but you just feel numb

These Girls Ryan Adams

Well girl sometimes I feel just like a boy Put here on this earth for you to toy around with Like matchbox cars you buy and burn in your backyard Like monsters underneath your bed You ain't afraid of yet

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

How Do You Keep Love Alive Ryan Adams

Lord, I miss that girl On the day we met the sun was shining down Down on the valley Riddled with horses running Crushing them with flowers I would have picked for her On the day she was born She runs

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...

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

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

Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part Ryan Adams

For you Id do anything Tear myself in two Just to hear you breathe Calculate the changes that in time Turn to nothing and then multiply Yourself by pain, And you're not even close Elizabeth Over

Cry On Demand Ryan Adams

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 only difference is . . .

She's Lost Total Control Ryan Adams

So much for the days of glory It's not like your idols died and are holy now You cross the street and count to ten And everyone that mattered went to bed Or maybe they died Welcome home Miss So Unknown

The Sadness Ryan Adams

me And whatever has come for me Oh I can give you whatever you're wanting Just take it and spare me spare me Please oh tell me this is only a warning/no Please have mercy let me go If only a day to

Dear Chicago Ryan Adams

Well, I've got something to confess. She picked me up on Friday. Asked me if she reminded me of you. I just laughed and lit a cigarette, Said "that's impossible to do.

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

Twice As Bad As Love Ryan Adams

could Stealing the boots of the soldiers who were otherwise done Misunderstanding what was misunderstood Is twice as bad as love, oh Twice as bad as love, and not that sad Twice as bad as love Once to

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

Dance All Night Ryan Adams

She ain't lonely now See her shuffle 'cross the floor Yeah, she's happier now See her smile and say 'come on' Let's dance all night Let's dance all night Let's dance all night Yeah, I think she'll be alright

Strawberry Wine Ryan Adams

blonde with curls She gets hair done then she gossips With the younger waitress girls at the bar The old Irish rose Drinking strawberry wine Until it comes out her nose She spent too much time on

Cold Roses Ryan Adams

Mirrors in the room go black and blue On a Sunday morning in Saturday shoes We don't choose who we love We don't choose In a Sunday suit, with the Saturday beat She don't love who she chose She don't need

Pearls On A String Ryan Adams

1, 2, 3 Blue eyes for miles Pretty as a peach Glorious kind and always on time Never far outta reach Tomorrow's on it's way And there's always new songs to sing Glorious kind, always on time Pearls on

Mockingbird Ryan Adams

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 eyes Love her in the way you want to

My Blue Manhattan Ryan Adams

It's me against you, fell Ah, the snow's comin' down On the cars in midtown Stone cold in sheets with you all over me Ain't that sweet my little gal, Ain't that sweet my little gal My blue Manhattan She

1974 Ryan Adams

The sun is shining hard at my feet And the city is an animal ready to eat It's raining like a nose bleed, cigarettes and sweets And I feel it coming on Bloody as the day I was born It's 1974 Just like

World War 24 Ryan Adams

Porcelain doll Your mother runs an antique shop She takes some stuff, I take a lot We sleep all day Slow response I'm feelin' like an afterthought I guess I'm kinda lost in space And London's okay She

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

This Is It Ryan Adams

Let me singa song for you That's never been sung before All the words were meant for you And never been said before She kisses when she sleeps She kisses when she's sleeping Let me sing a song for you

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

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

Boys Ryan Adams

I'm as lonely as boys I'm as lonely as boys I'm as lonely as monkeys taught to destroy Anything they learn to enjoy So pardon me, angel So pardon me, angel Pardon me, my love, for you is a stranger That

Sweet Illusions Ryan Adams

I 've got nothing to say to you now I lose the feelings that are weighing me down When I'm safe It's turning morning all the birds sing I'm not complicating anything I'll have another then I'll go

Afraid Not Scared Ryan Adams

at this ocean with everyone drowning Idiots screaming and everyone sinking in slowly We're surrounded In the yellow lights of the city wasted as bodies In bed with somebody a touch away with nothing to

Do Miss America Ryan Adams

Sweet sixteen for a schizoid So, tell me how you feel Now you're the only one Held you head in the setting sun Sweet black smoke with the poison Hey, come everybody do Miss America Hey, you know when she

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

Nobody Girl Ryan Adams

Well, the night makes moves And it shatters like broken glass Better play it cool... better let it pass Have you been screening your smokes?

29 Ryan Adams

them nighttime songs I took a train and came up from Carolina I was looking for something to do Nothing I found could ever quite occupy me With nothing to gain there's always nothing to lose Singing and

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)

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

Tonight Ryan Adams

You're an impossible dream So when I go to bed That's all I'm doing I'm just sleeping Cocktails in the ESP Think about you to think about me I wonder, I want to see you tonight I want to see you, I want

Magnolia Mountain Ryan Adams

I want to go to Magnolia Mountain And lay my weary head down Down on the rocks Of the mountain my savior made Steady my soul and ease my worry Hold me when I rattle like a hummingbird hummin' Tie me to