“Most of my songs are about ladies. This one's about ladies metaphorically. There are some of my songs that are about the power of lightening.”Ryan Adams Songwriters' Circle, 2012
“See her smiling at him? That used to be me, and I could find her in a thunderstorm just by the way that the rain would fall.”Ryan Adams Hard Way To Fall 29 (2005)
“My lifestyle changed when this wonderful person came into my life. I couldn't sleep for years. All of a sudden, I don't know why or how, but I slept.”Ryan Adams Spin (December 2003)
“Just a nobody girlWith a radar to the scene.When the emptiness finds youYou find all the numbers you need.You say you follow your heartWell, honey, you're just being lost.You could you follow your gutBut how much would it cost?”Ryan Adams Nobody Girl 29 (2005)
“She's got the brown eyes, yeah, and they're pretty as hell,And they'll burn through your shirt if you're holding her still.She's got a lighter, and a lit cigarette,And if you're making her smile, that's just as high as you can get.”Ryan Adams Miss Sunflower 29 (2005)
“These things inside me, they repeat like broken recordsSpinning pretty things behind my eyesAnd when I can't look at youI can paint your picture perfectly in my mindAnd when I get oldI'm gonna miss you all the time.”Ryan Adams Friends 29 (2005)
“There's something in the way she eases my mindAnd lays me across the bed till I close my eyes.Stirs me in the morning till I can't ever be satisfied.I leave Carolina every night in my dreams,Like the girls that try to love me that I only leave.Rock me like a baby doll and hold me to your chest,But I'm always moving too fast.”Ryan Adams When Will You Come Back Home? 29 (2005)
“As a man I ain’t never been much for sunny days.I’m as calm as a fruit stand in New York and maybe as strange.But when the color goes out of my eyes, it’s usually the change.But damn, Sam, I love a woman that rains.”Ryan Adams Damn Sam 29 (2005)