Ryan Adams

[fox69]

"If I Am A Stranger"

"If I Am A Stranger"



For all the hours here that move too slow
There's all this letting go, that don't pass
If all this love is real, how will we know?
If we're only scared of losing it, how will it last?

If I am a stranger now to you
I will always be, I will always be
Stronger now then me, stronger then you
Our love will always be
And if we let it go, I will try to be there for you
If I can, what if I can't?

Today is yesterday when you don't know
How to rebuild the walls that someone has knocked down
To tell the truth it's hard enough about a lover
Who you want to hide your darkness from
So they won't let you down

If I am a stranger now to you
I will always be, I will always be
Stronger now then me, stronger then you
Our love will always be
And if we let it go, I will try to be there for you
I will try and be there for you
If I can, what if I can't?

For all the hours here that move to slow
There's all this letting go, that won't pass
If all this love is real, how will we know?
And if were only scared of losing it, how will it last?

If I am a stranger now to you
I will always be, I will always be
Stronger now then me, stronger than you
Our love will always be
If we let it go, I will try to be there for you
I will try to be there for you
I will try to be there for you
If I can, what if I can't?

 

[fox69]

"In My Time Of Need"

"In My Time Of Need"



Will you comfort me, in my time of need?
Can you take away the pain of a hurtful deeds?
Cause when we need it most, there's no rain at all
And the dust just settles right there on the feed

Will you say to me a little rains gonna come
When the sky can't offer none to me
Cause I will come for you
When my days are through
And I'll let your smile just off and carry me

Cause when the calm comes down
I take the truck on into town
And buy whatever we can't seem to grow
I work these hands to bleed cause I got mouths to feed
And I got 15 dollars hid above the stove

Will you say to me a little rains gonna come
When the sky can't offer none to me
Cause I will come for you
When my days are through
And I'll let your smile just off and carry me

Cause it ain't like it was on back in those days
When everyone would offer up a hand
These old bones are worn
I've grown tired some
And I know my time is surely gonna come

Will you comfort me in my time of need
Can you take away the pain of hurtful deeds
Cause I will comfort you when my days are through
And I'll let your smile just off and carry me

Lord we married young and stayed where we came from
And gave those children everything we had
Will you stay with me, in my time of need?
Though it seems we had such little time for us

Will you say to me a little rains gonna come
When the sky can't offer none to me
Cause I will come for you
When my days are through
And I'll let your smile just off and carry me

 

[fox69]

"Invisible Riverside"

"Invisible Riverside"



Guess I'll show my hand
Either way I'm losing
You still have the goods
Back when I couldn't use them
Standing by the ocean
Like I'm frozen here in time

So don't let go, don't change your mind
If the stars fall into the oceanside
Someone pull the ribbons from my eyes free
My soul
Let it roll away
On an invisible riverside

I didn't travel far
But my feet were moving
Couldn't read the signs
They were too confusing
Standing by the ocean
Sunset boulevard

So don't let go, don't change your mind
If the stars fall into the oceanside
Someone pull the ribbons from my eyes free
My soul
Let it roll away
On an invisible riverside

I wanna lay my head
Forever on your shoulder
Stay with me my love
Now and when we're older
Standing on the ocean
We got nothing now but time

Yea so don't let go, don't change your mind
If the stars fall into the oceanside
Someone pull the ribbons from my eyes free
My soul
Let it roll away
On an invisible riverside

 

[fox69]

"Jacksonville"

"Jacksonville"



They're tearing down another building in my hometown
It's like I don't know it anymore
Your house, two cars in the drive, blankets in the window
Even though you don't answer, we tried

You have gone missing from my life
You have gone missing from my life
You have gone missing from my life
My life

Oh Jacksonville
Oh Jacksonville

In my hometown, it's all slow motion
Driving to my house, it's empty now
No one's inside
Looking through the windows in the back
Right into the kitchen where the tables and chairs were at

You have gone missing from my life
You have gone missing from my life
Buried my feelings I can't cry

Oh Jacksonville
Oh Jacksonville
Oh Jacksonville
Oh
Oh

They're tearing down another building in the neighborhood
It's like I don't remember, but I should
My life, a letter you could write
On how to keep your hands up in front of your face when you fight

Oh Jacksonville
Oh Jacksonville
Oh
Oh
Oh Jacksonville
Oh Jacksonville
Oh
Oh

 

[fox69]

"Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)"

"Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)"



In California
Forever summer and hot
Into the ocean
You're smiling a lot
On sandy beaches
And the blankets are hot
You're in my arms
And I kiss your heart
Jesus, don't touch my baby
Jesus, don't touch my baby
Jesus, don't touch my baby
She's all that I got

Reflections coming
In through the sheets
You love your baby
are sweet
Out on the highway
We ride tonight
Jesus don't know you
He was just saying "Hi"
Don't touch my baby
Jesus, don't touch my baby

 

[fox69]

"Kim"

"Kim"



I can't sleep, can't go home
Underneath the branches of a sycamore tree
On a darkened road
With this key, scratched into the wall
I spell out your name
It's fucking with my head
Fucking with my heart

As the autumn leaves begin to fall
Walking down the street
Where you and I would walk
I see him, kim, kim, kim, kim

I can't sleep, can't let go
Underneath my feet it's miles
Nothing, there's nowhere to go
With this key, scratched into my arm
I spell out your name, it's ringing in my head
Like a false alarm

As the autumn leaves begin to fall and grey
Walking down the street
I watched you walk away
To be with him, kim, kim, kim, kim
Oh kim!

Like I never seen
Walking down the streets
We'll never walk again
Kim, kim, kim, kim
Oh kim!

 

[fox69]

"Kindness"

"Kindness"



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?

Kindness don't ask for much but an open mind
Kindness can cure a broken heart
Honey, I ain't feeling kind

Do you believe in love?
Do you believe in love?

If you're so kind can you let down your hand?
Will you try and understand when it goes wrong?
Days come and gone and it's been said and been done
I will shelter you with my love and my forgiveness

Kindness don't ask for much but an open mind
Kindness can cure a broken heart
Honey, I ain't feeling kind

Do you believe in love?
Do you believe in love?

Kindness don't ask for much but an open mind
Kindness can cure a broken heart
Honey, I ain't feeling kind

Do you believe in love?
Do you believe in love?

 

[fox69]

"Kisses Start Wars"

"Kisses Start Wars"



First things first, straight out of the box
it's time to open your presents babe
here's a family full of light I know it's not much
This one is mine, I keep it with me all the time like a crutch
Like something ancient passed down from a father
something that nobody can touch

A kiss away from seeing the stars
you and I we are always on the way
on the way or in between the bars
and those kisses, those kisses they're lost

But don't worry baby
it's not you,
this can't be as crazy
and these kisses start the wars

I got to taste her sleepin'
but like junkies hate the blood
like drunks with all their missin' cigarettes
in apartments with skulls and blacked out windows

Artificial flowers and T.V. remote controls
I get lost, things change people don't
people don't, things change no

A kiss away from seeing the stars
you and I we are always on the way
on the way or in between the bars
and those kisses, those kisses they're lost

But don't worry baby
it's not you,
this can't be as crazy

Oh don't, don't worry baby
it's not you, this can't be as crazy
yeah these kisses start the wars
these kisses start the wars

 

[fox69]

"La Cienega Just Smiled"

"La Cienega Just Smiled"



"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 it makes me hurt
And I'm too scared to know to how I feel about you now
La Cienega just smiles..."see ya around"
And I hold you close in the back of my mind
And raise my glass 'cause either way I'm dead
Neither of you really help me to sleep anymore
One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul
La Cienega just smiles as it waves goodbye
"Ah the night...here it comes again"
It's off 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 it makes me hurt
And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now
How I feel about you now
La Cienega just smiles and says, "I'll see you around"

 

[fox69]

"Let Go"

"Let Go"



Pink as a rose the sun is fading
Can you feel the darkness that surrounds the house
Plane as the truth my breath is bated
It pinches like a trap shut around the mouse

But down the road 'cause we fell in
But down the road
Hanging round the wish-it-well
It's a slippery slope
And I let go, let go, let go, let go

Away

Driving at night beside the river
Looking at as it's going nowhere
Dark as a room with the light shut out
I'm feeling round the walls for another way out

But down the road 'cause we fell in
But down the road
Hanging round the wish-it-well
It's a slippery slope
And I let go, let go, let go, let go

Cross your fingers behind your back
And lie
Tell me it's okay if you'll fix everything
'Cause I let go

Pink as a rose the sunsets fading
Shattering the light on the oceanside
Standing alone, I am not waiting
Maybe I'm asleep, my heart is paralyzed

Down the road 'cause we fell in
But down the road
Hanging round the wish-it-well
It's a slippery slope
And I let go, let go, let go, let go