“I am happy to have made my exit for a life without the constant measuring, where what I love is not judged by the crowd of faceless and nameless critics. Be Careful with your dreams. Life is sweet but never long” - Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams - Let It Ride
“Let it ride, let it roll, let it go.”
Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina
“Oh my sweet Carolina, what compels me to go. Oh my sweet disposition, may you one day carry me home.”
I don’t remember, were we wild and young
All that’s 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 dark will bring you down
And the night will break your heart
But Only if you’re lucky now
Ryan Adams : American Music
I used to live in hotels. Because I thought it was romantic. Or something. I have an idea of how that sounds, so spare me. I can go on here and reveal that I mean I lived “in” them, as in weeks, sometimes months, eventually for over a year, but – trust me – I know how that sounds, so, again, spare me. I tell myself, and other people, now that I thought it was romantic, but I am beginning to see the lies. They unfold over time like wet newspaper and there’s always a little lie left on the page. Lie residue. Like when you lean against a coin or a metal grill long enough. You can see some of the letters or numbers or the indentation, but then that fades out and you’re just left with skin. Skin and wet news. Wet cartoons. Unreadable crosswords. I didn’t live in hotels because I thought it was romantic. That was the fall guy. It was all I knew. Somehow paying up front kept me from the bigger and truly more horrible lie. A fish refuting the sea. My own seventy-dollar-a-day fish tank. I lived in hotels because I could do nothing and everything at once. Somehow all those days of crawling past the front desk into the laundry-room heat, or the snowfield of cars, those singular days, they became uncountable. I was afraid of life running out on me, So I started counting. I started counting and I lost myself somewhere and it all meant nothing. The hotel is the easiest time a dreamer like me ever does. That is, until now. Until I write about these things now. And spare me. I know how this sounds.
- Ryan Adams
—yup, he’s the best.
Wednesday Dec 12 @ 10:18am with 6 notes
I’ve heard people come up with a whole load of different ideas of exactly what this song is about, if you got one of your own let me know. Here’s a hint: It’s been said that ‘Rose’ and ‘Caroline’ are the same person.
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals BBC4 Sessions Summer 2007
Carolina Rain.
This song has always been a favorite Ryan tune of mine. His story telling ability is flawless and this song showcases the shit out it. Still one of the most played songs on my ipod. Enjoy, and check out all the tunes on the BBC4 sessions, its an amazing set.
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,
I pulled into Mecklenburg on them trains
Into a station that got flooded when they opened up the dam
And broke their connections to the railway lines
So they could blast into the quarry,
And for every load of granite,
We got a ton of worry
One night at the diner over eggs,
Over easy she showed me the length of her legs,
But that gold plated cross on her neck, it was real
And you don’t get that kind of money from pushing meal
I should’ve told him that you were the one for me,
But I lied, But I lied,
To most any drifter whose looking for work is too weird
I met Percy and I married her in July
But if only to be closer to you, Caroline
Percy and I moved down the street
Until we lost two pretty girls
One was seven and one was three
Alderman and Caroline owned the house right up the hill
Where we laid those babies down
So they could still see our house
Suspicion got the best of old Alderman Haint
He owned an auto parts store off the interstate
But the lord took him home in July
And then Rose spilled the beans on the day that he died
I should’ve told him that you were the one for me
But I lied, But I lied
Tied up to concrete at the bottom of the quarry
With a tattoo on his heart that spelled out “Caroline”
He was silent but his rosary
Drifted into the custody
Of a sheriff that was just deputized
And I was down at the banquet hall
When two guys came up, pretty angry and drunk
And I’m still here at the banquet hall
At the banquet hall
Where the gun went off, in the Carolina Rain
In the Carolina Rain, in the Carolina Rain
Oh, Caroline
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punkkassbookjockey: Ryan Adams — Damn Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains)
—- Always perfect.
Tuesday Oct 10 @ 05:06pm with 55 notesLet It Ride - Ryan Adams and Neal Casal.
Spent the better part of the morning searching for a job and listening to Ryan Adams. Looks like it might rain today as well. Bliss.
photos: Neal Casal
“You move away when you’re young. They take away where you’re from. And all the things out in the trees. That can hang there in the breeze.” - Ryan Adams
Put the houses in a row
down the streets we used to know
and all the things out in the yard
that can hang there to and fro
if the money isn’t right
can i be yours tonight?
i’ve an easy heart
from the windows of your house
reflects back on yourself
then it gets you wonderin’
if it means anything
if the money isn’t right
can i be yours tonight?
i’ve had a pretty hard life
for such an easy heart
you move away when you’re young
they take away where you’re from
and all the things out in the trees
that can hang there in the breeze
if the money isn’t right
can i be yours tonight?
i’ve had a pretty hard life
for such an easy heart
easy hearts - Ryan Adams
Wednesday Jun 6 @ 06:05am with 3 notesRyan Adams and the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows, is a beautiful collection of personal photography taken by lead guitarist Neal Casal during his years of recording and touring with the RAC. It speaks to the tortures and victories of life on the road, and the sleepless days of recording. I spent a good part of last night in my room flipping through the book once again and enjoyed it as much as the day I bought it. It also features a beautifully written introduction by Ryan Adams, as well as some words from the other band members and an amazing afterword by the legendary Phil Lesh. If you love Ryan Adams’ music you will love this book. Amazon and Barnes & Noble sell it for a kind price. Cheers.
Our band Jared Kolesar and The Locals performing “The Man That I Sought”. It’s one of our favorite songs written by our lead singer Jared Kolesar. Enjoy! Also, follow us on facebook! We will be playing a show at the Cresent Ballroom bar/venue in Downtown Phoenix on the 25th of April opening up for Joe Pug. Check out his amazing song, Hymn #101 below.
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals BBC4 sessions 2007. You can watch the whole concert on this playlist. God its really a shame these guys arent touring together anymore.
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