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...

Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby) Ryan Adams

In CaliforniaForever summer and hotInto the oceanYou're smiling a lotOn sandy beachesAnd the blankets are hotYou're in my armsAnd I kiss your heartJesus, don't touch my babyJesus, don't touch my ba...

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...

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...

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...

Political Scientist Ryan Adams

He is drinking water from the faucet from the riverFrom the tributary it comes through rusted pipesOutside his window he sees the water that's supposed to be cleanBy the chemicals polluted by the c...

The Shadowlands Ryan Adams

God, please bring the rainYeah, and bring it soonLet it flood right through the housesInto Judy's roomWith a father on amphetaminesHer mother hides the pearlsReach out into the darknessAnd find my ...

Afraid Not Scared Ryan Adams

Look at this ocean with everyone drowningIdiots screaming and everyone sinking in slowlyWe're surroundedIn the yellow lights of the city wasted as bodiesIn bed with somebody a touch away with nothi...

World War 24 Ryan Adams

Porcelain dollYour mother runs an antique shopShe takes some stuff, I take a lotWe sleep all daySlow responseI'm feelin' like an afterthoughtI guess I'm kinda lost in spaceAnd London's okayShe don'...

This House Is Not For Sale Ryan Adams

Tell 'em that the house is not for saleWe're still livin' here, how come nobody can tellThey're takin' all the furniture, movin' our thingsCome on little honey, put your head on my kneeTell 'em tha...

Avalanche Ryan Adams

I found your photograph in a cardboard box in a magazineI can't remember you, remember us or anythingI taught you how to feel, but you just feel numbThey taught you how to feel, but you just feel n...

Love Is Hell Ryan Adams

There's strange weather in the back of the roomAnd she's pretty, Jesse's spinning the tunesEyelashes, and some white leather bootsGod, what have I been drinking?I could be serious but I'm just kidd...

Wish You Were Here Ryan Adams

Cotton candy and a rotten mouthYou know you're so fucked upYou know I couldn't help but have it for youAnd everybody knows the way I walkAnd knows the way I talkAnd knows the way I feel about youIt...

So Alive Ryan Adams

Today I watched the boatsMoving through the harborWalking on waterIn your arms I'd stayForever if I couldFireer if I mayKeeps me in your thoughts, don't disappearI am on your sideAnd so aliveSo ali...

The Drugs Not Working Ryan Adams

I was shooting in the back of the carWhen the windows smashed on the police carsI was swimming through the streets of New YorkWith my cocaine dagger and throats to cutAnd it was making her cry...Bu...

This Is It Ryan Adams

Let me singa song for youThat's never been sung beforeAll the words were meant for youAnd never been said beforeShe kisses when she sleepsShe kisses when she's sleepingLet me sing a song for youA s...

Rock N Roll Ryan Adams

Everybody's cool playing rock n rollEverybody's cool playing rock n rollI don't feel cool at allI don't feel cool at allSend all of my best out to the handI don't think I'll make it out to the show...

Luminol Ryan Adams

Nobody with no one to callAnd all this timeHot metal as her clothes dissolveEmergency lightsIt's genocideIt's sucideI'm spinning around the room in aweI'm spinning around the roomI'm floating throu...

Anybody Wanna Take Me Home Ryan Adams

So, I am in the twilight of my youthNot that I'm going to rememberAnd have you seen the moon tonightIs it full?Still burning its embersThe people dancing in the corner, they seem happyBut I am sadI...

Shallow Ryan Adams

Girl, don't tell me how you want meTell me how to get throughGirl, don't tell me how you want meTell me how to get through'Cause I gotta knowI gotta knowI gotta knowI gotta knowI gotta knowI gotta ...

Burning Photographs Ryan Adams

I finally see the lightDown on the east sideWasted like a memoryIf I had a car I'd driveStraight off the bridge into the river, it would empty mePretty pictures in a magazineEverybody is so make be...

Do Miss America Ryan Adams

So, tell me how you feel without your medicineHold you head feelin' paranoidSweet sixteen for a schizoidSo, tell me how you feelNow you're the only oneHeld you head in the setting sunSweet black sm...

1974 Ryan Adams

The sun is shining hard at my feetAnd the city is an animal ready to eatIt's raining like a nose bleed, cigarettes and sweetsAnd I feel it coming onBloody as the day I was bornIt's 1974Just like th...

She's Lost Total Control Ryan Adams

So much for the days of gloryIt's not like your idols died and are holy nowYou cross the street and count to tenAnd everyone that mattered went to bedOr maybe they diedWelcome homeMiss So UnknownBe...

Boys Ryan Adams

I'm as lonely as boysI'm as lonely as boysI'm as lonely as monkeys taught to destroyAnything they learn to enjoySo pardon me, angelSo pardon me, angelPardon me, my love, for you is a strangerThat y...

Note To Self: Don't Die Ryan Adams

I'm as blueI'm as blue as the ocean is true, it's just refelctions of the skyI'm as coldI'm as cold as the stories you told but never sick enough to dieNote to self: don't change for anyoneNote to ...

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 meto make her love me I tried,How ...

29 Ryan Adams

I was a poor little kidin the lungs of new YorkJust like a motherlessson of a bitchLoaded on ephedrinelooking for downers and cokeLike a sun thatjust wouldn't set outon the horizonSinging and danci...

Night Birds Ryan Adams

Out under the stars Dodging them night cars baby Cause when you gotta move, you gotta move Whatever that it was You were thinking of lady You're certainly not thinking Of it now, And nightbirds sin...

Starlite Diner Ryan Adams

It's midnight, at the Starlite Diner You said meet me at a corner to twelve And I'm standing in the corner Wishing you were here in my arms, Fare thee well my old friends Fare thee well Is it possi...

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 yo...

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 th...

Tonight Ryan Adams

You're an impossible dreamSo when I go to bedThat's all I'm doing I'm just sleepingCocktails in the ESPThink about you to think about meI wonder, I want to see you tonightI want to see you, I want ...

Firecracker Ryan Adams

Black birds slow and softly breaks a glass of wineBroken bluesy whisper sing to me tonightWell, everybody wants to go foreverI just wanna burn up hard and brightI just wanna be your firecrackerAnd ...

Answering Bell Ryan Adams

Did I slip? I know I stumbledDid I trip? 'Cause I know I fellAll's I know is I'll wake up here in my clothes tomorrowBut oh, girl I wish I knew you wellBut oh, girl I wish I knew you wellBut I'm ju...

La Cienega Just Smiled Ryan Adams

Ah the night...here it comes againIt's on with the jeans, the jacket and the shirtHow'd I end up feeling so badFor such a little girlAnd I hold you close in the back of my mindFeels so good but dam...

The Rescue Blues Ryan Adams

Everybody wants you to be specialAnd everybody wants you to be highThey throw you down a ropewhen you're in trouble babyScreamin' Save meThen they charge youwith the rescue bluesthe rescue bluesAnd...