Ryan Adams

[fox69]

"Stop Playing With My Heart"

"Stop Playing With My Heart"



Stop dragging my heart around
Stop acting, stop fucking around
Stop playing, stop playing with my head
Alright, already you win...

Stop asking if I'm with her
Stop it now before you get what you deserve
Stop playing, stop playing with my head
Alright, already you win...
Alright, already you win...

Stop it I'm tired, and I want to go to bed
Stop it I'm half undressed, so get out or get in
Stop it I'm not impressed...
So just stop it, just stop it, just stop it....
Stop playing my head...
Alright, already you win...

Stop it I'm not impressed...
So just stop it, just stop it, just stop it....
Stop playing my head...
Alright, already you win...

Stop dragging my heart around
Stop acting, stop fucking around
Stop playing, stop playing with my head
Alright, already you win...
Stop playing, stop playing with my head
Alright, already you win...
Stop playing, stop playing with my heart

 

[fox69]

"Strawberry Wine"

"Strawberry Wine"



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 in flowers
But the stems broke the armor
And the morning comes
Until its all just the same things again
Oh god,
Don't spend too much time on the other side
Let the daylight in,
Before you get old and you cant break out of it

My old friend,
Cause its getting winter, and if you want any flowers
You gotta get your seeds in
And I worry about you, why? because you want me to

Can you still have any famous last words
If you're nobody somebody nobody knows,
I don't know
Somebody go and ask Clair
She's been dead twenty years just look at her hair
Strawberry 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 the other side,
And she forgot to let the daylight in

Before you get old you'd better break out of it
My old friend,
Cause its getting winter and if you want any flowers
You gotta get your seeds in to the ground,
And I worry about you,
Why because you want me too

This fella downtown, he jumped off a bridge
He was angry about a letter he received from his friend
He fell in
To the arms of the most beautiful girls
That have ever lived in the history of the world

And with nothing left to lose he got screwed
He sold his apartment before they made him move
Then he jumped straight in
To the san Francisco bay
Now he lives on Molly's farm
Picking berries all day

Don't spend too much time on the other side
Let the daylight in

Marty was a kid when he learned steal boats
His dad was a deejay on the radio
He fell in
To a life
Of riverboat crime
Now has the man you see in prison
If you want strawberry wine
Strawberry wine and smokes
He sent a letter to his friend
Explaining one night on coke
He and Clair
Jumped in to the strawberry vines
And lord knows you get lost
On that strawberry wine

Don't spend too much time on the other side,
Let the daylight in

And imp getting old and I gotta break out of it
My old friend,
Cause its getting winter and if I want any flowers
I gotta get those seeds in to the ground,
And if you worry about me
Don't bother
Why?
Ill be fine
Imp just sitting here laughing
Little old me and my
Strawberry wine

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Black Magic"

"Sweet Black Magic"



Sweet black magic coming down the line
Sweet black magic coming down the line
Don't worry, little honey,'bout the money you'll be feelin' fine
'Cause I'm gonna see the doctor,
Got some money and he'll get us high

Sweet Los Angeles in the fall
Sweet Los Angeles in the fall
As pretty as a picture ain't nobody out shakin at all
Don't worry, little honey, got some money, gonna get us off.

Sweet black magic
Sweet black magic
Sweet black magic coming down the line

Sweet black magic coming down the line
Sweet black magic coming down the line
Well, I'm gonna see the doctor, gonna get us what our money can buy
Don't worry, little honey, got some money, gonna get us high

Sweet black magic
Sweet black magic
Sweet black magic coming down the line

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Illusions"

"Sweet Illusions"



Let me go I'm only letting you down
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 to bed
But I'll dream of you

Cause it's almost over
And it's almost gone

And I can feel the sweet illusion, coming
Sweet confusion, honey
Sweet illusion coming down
And I ain't got nothing but love for you now

You and I used to shine like a jewel
But times been nothing to us but cruel
So play it out and never played the fool
Cause you'll lose every time

We were nothing, we were only the past
Hard times like that don't last
I've been forgiven, I've been surpassed
By my heart
Have you?

Cause it's almost over
Yeah it's almost gone

And I can feel the Sweet Illusion coming
Sweet Confusion, honey
Sweet Illusion coming down
And I ain't got nothing but love for you

Love for you I can't use
And lonely nights multiplied by the blues
That I can't resolve

You never knew me but I did my best
I'm just lonely inside I guess
You gave me everything you really tried
Thanks....

If we were nothing and we're only the past
Then I'm just living in a dream I guess
A long black dream that takes me down the river to you

Where it's almost over
And we're almost gone

And I can feel the Sweet Illusion coming
Sweet Confusion, honey
Sweet Illusion coming down

And I ain't got nothing but love for you now

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Lil' Gal (23rd / 1st)"

"Sweet Lil' Gal (23rd / 1st)"



Fair haired gal
You got a sister that's mean
Hanging around the cigarette machine
But when I'm lonely she makes me feel nice
When I'm lonely she makes me feel nice
Steals my shirt, makes me hurt

In the field where my plane went down
In the field where my plane went down
Sweet lil gal
Sweet lil gal

Everything's gold when she comes to me
Lay there for days on the floor with my things
But when you're lonely she makes me feel nice
When you're lonely she makes me feel nice
Steals my shirt
23rd and 1st

In the field where my plane went down
In the field where my plane went down
Sweet lil gal.
Sweet lil gal.

 

[fox69]

"Sylvia Plath"

"Sylvia Plath"



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

And maybe she'd take me to France
Or maybe to Spain and she'd ask me to dance
In a mansion on the top of a hill
She'd ash on the carpets
And slip me a pill
Then she'd get pretty loaded on gin
And maybe she'd give me a bath
How I wish I had a Sylvia Plath

And she and I would sleep on a boat
And swim in the sea without clothes
With rain falling fast on the sea
While she was swimming away, she'd be winking at me
Telling me it would all be okay
Out on the horizon and fading away
And I'd swim to the boat and I'd laugh
I gotta get me a Sylvia Plath

And maybe she'd take me to France
Or maybe to Spain and she'd ask me to dance
In a mansion on the top of a hill
She'd ash on the carpets
And slip me a pill
Then she'd get pretty loaded on gin
And maybe she'd give me a bath
How I wish I had a Sylvia Plath
I wish I had a Sylvia Plath

 

[fox69]

"Tears Of Gold"

"Tears Of Gold"



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 gray
Tears of gold
Tears of golden restraint
As evidence of the pain that we feel inside
Mary anne, settle down
Let's bring the band around "how 'bout"
And we'll sing you to heaven and back
Laura lee sets the food out on the table top for us
And when she asks mary anne to say grace
Mary anne settles down
Wiping tears of gold from her face
Where we are strong
By tomorrow we will grow weak and disappear
Our families will gather 'round to remember
Where we are flesh and blood
By the next one we are dust under the wheels
Without a love we're only ash in urns of silver
Tears of gold, tears of gold en restraint
As evidence of the pain that she feels
Tears of gold, tears of gold promise the rapture and heal the soul
Replacing tears of gold with music and laughter
Tears of gold, tears of gold

 

[fox69]

"Tennessee Sucks"

"Tennessee Sucks"



There you go
Waving your arms like a girl
Secondary clothes
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. at night
'Cause Tennessee sucks, in the summer
What do you got that can put us under?

There goes Johnny B.
Weird and tall
He says "The band, they've got good songs,
they just don't draw"
Somebody order my round
Chances are I won't pay
Hey Brad, let's go down to The Bound'ry
Get something blue to put us out of our way
'Cause Tennessee sucks, in the summer
What do you got that can put us under?

 

[fox69]

"Thank You Louise"

"Thank You Louise"



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 sees her and she smiles
Thank you Louise
Thank you Louise
Mother of three
Waiting in the check-out line
The supermarket, Christmas time
She eyes someone who doesn't have the change
Takes a dollar from her purse
She pays and doesn't say a word
She winks and grins and 'Merry Christmas, friend!'
Thank you Louise
Thank you Louise
Mother of three
In Baltimore, the freezing cold,
That chills her darling to the bone
She leaves her work and quits her job
Her brother lay upon the bed
With broken teeth and busted head
He hears the phone and he knows his brother's dead
Thank you Louise
Thank you Louise
Mother of two.

 

[fox69]

"The Bar Is A Beautiful Place"

"The Bar Is A Beautiful Place"



I hang my head down on Hollywood
'Cause either way, up or down, it's just stars
And I'm making my way down the Cherokee
To get drunk in a bar
And I know my friends they worry about me
I can see it written on their face
Despite anything I might have said before
The bar is a beautiful place
Sha na na na na na, sha na na na na, sha la la la
Sha na na na na na, sha na na na na, sha la la la

I got a cold in my heart that the doctor can't feel
He said "Go get you a beer"
But they don't let the sunshine come in here
Sha la, sha la la la

Where the hookers and thieves and the junkies play
It's a circus round here for sure
And I worry about how I'm fitting in
If I only had her
And I know my friends they worry about me
I can see it written on their face
But despite anything I might have said before
The bar is a beautiful place
Sha na na na na na, sha na na na na, sha la la la
Sha na na na na na, sha na na na na, sha la la la

Ain't it strange, I see your face in the window of a store
Holding me back from throwing my bottles out at the cars
Sha la, sha la la la

So hey there, Miss Samuels
Hey, Laura, I'm thinking of you
Would you take an old drunk as is
If he was sweet to you?
And tomorrow you'll probably give up on me
I won't blame you, hell, I'll celebrate
'Cause despite anything you may have ever said to me
The bar is a beautiful place
Sha na na na na na, sha na na na na, sha la la la
Sha na na na na na, sha na na na na, sha la la la