its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
God, please bring the rain
Yeah, and bring it soon
Let it flood right through the houses
Into Judy's room
With a father on amphetamines
Her mother hides the pearls
Reach out into the darkness
And find my little girl
'Cause she's angry like a salesman
Who just couldn't make a sale
Threw the wedding rings in the sewer
And damned them all to hell
Please lead her to the mountain
That you fashioned out of sand
While the roaches climb the walls
From the hotel where he calls
Most people never find love
Most people never find love
Sometimes you just can be a man
Sometimes you just can be a man
When your living in the darkness
Of the shadowlands
The shadowlands
The shadowlands
Yeah, and bring it soon
Let it flood right through the houses
Into Judy's room
With a father on amphetamines
Her mother hides the pearls
Reach out into the darkness
And find my little girl
'Cause she's angry like a salesman
Who just couldn't make a sale
Threw the wedding rings in the sewer
And damned them all to hell
Please lead her to the mountain
That you fashioned out of sand
While the roaches climb the walls
From the hotel where he calls
Most people never find love
Most people never find love
Sometimes you just can be a man
Sometimes you just can be a man
When your living in the darkness
Of the shadowlands
The shadowlands
The shadowlands
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Shadowlands Lyrics as written by Ryan Adams
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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does it bother anyone else that this dude's name is Ryan Adams, which is really similar to Bryan Adams?