Ray LaMontagne

Laid our blessings on the ground, The softening of sound Draws us closed again Stay, stay and watch the coals 'Till they cease to glow Like empty promises Why, Why did you go, why did you go away? Why, Why did you go, why did you go away baby? There's nothin...

Where you goin' Rusty James? There's a Rumble on, Knives and Chains What you doin' Betty Sue? What you think, I'm comin' with you I'm comin' with you Through the Airwaves Can't you feel the fallout? It's in the Airwaves Can't you hear me callin'out?...

All the wild horses All the wild horses Tethered with tears in their eyes May no man's touch ever tame you May no man's reigns ever chain you And may no man's weight ever defrayed your soul And as for the clouds Just let them roll Roll away Roll away...

Spring is here, spring is past The sounds of summer settle in A snake slips through the grass Summer play, summer stay For a while, at least 'till autumn's gray Gives way to winter's rasp A while at least till autumn's gray Gives way to winter's rasp...

Is the sun Ever gonna break Break on through the clouds Shine down in all its glory? Onto me Here upon the ground 'Cause I can't hear a sound Sept' my own sad story I get so tired A starin' at the walls Weight so heavy Mountain so tall Is there...

If I could paint my delusion I would paint it in colors bold If I could capture illusion I would hang it up on my wall If I could be something other I would slip right inside your skin See the world as another See the world as I never did I thought as...

Barfly, Just a barfly baby Barfly, Just a barfly baby Kiss me before you go I'm going no where lately Barfly, Just a barfly baby Barfly Just a barfly baby Slow down Slow down you're movin too fast Slow down Slow down you're movin too fast Kis...

Don't let your mind get weary and confused Your will be still, don't try Don't let your heart get heavy child Inside you there's a strength that lies Don't let your soul get lonely child It's only time, it will go by Don't look for love in faces, places...

So your home town's bringing you down Are you drowing in the small talk and the chatter Or you gonna step into line like your daddy done Punching the time and climbing lifes long letter You've been howing at the moon like a slack jaw fool And breaking...

Oh mama don't walk away I'm a goddamn sore loser I ain't too proud to stay But I'm still thinking 'bout you And I'm so lonesome without you And I can't get you out of my mind Oh mama don't leave me alone with my soul sat down so tight it's like a stone cold...

Can I stay here with you 'til the morning? I am so far from home and I feel a little stoned Can I stay here with you 'til the morning? There's nothing I want more than to wake up on your floor Lay with me in your thinnest dress Fill my heart with each caress...

I remember when I remember, when I lost my mind There was something so pleasant about that face Even your emotions had an echo In so much space And when you’re out there Without care I was out of touch It wasn’t because I didn’t know enough I just knew too...

Big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills Big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills There's a big yellow moon risin' over the hills My baby's on a tear and she's fit to kill There's a big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills The Devil's in t...

I spent all my childhood years wishin' that I looked like a Movie-Star A cigarette behind my ear, leanin' up against a muscle car Wanna know all the things that I shouldn't know I got smokes that I stole from the Seven-L Everybody's at the Drive-In, wanna...

She lifts her skirt up to her knees, walks through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughing. I never learned to count my blessings, I choose instead to dwell in my disasters. I walk on down the hill, through grass, grown tall and brown and still its hard s...

Rollin' through these hills I've known I'd be comin' Ain't a man alive that likes to be alone? Been a while since I seen my lady smilin' Have I been, have I been away so long? I am tired I am tired Can I come home for the summer? I could slow down for...

Who am I to tell her Who am I to play god Who am I to think I can go it alone Something tells me girl this is bringing you down Something tells me this is bringing me down We've been through some changes Always seem to hold on Lately it feel like you can't tak...

In the mountains the sun sets up in ribbons so high It's like I don't never wanna get old, don't never wanna die We seein' steady rain, 'bout to drive us all insane Nearly lost a few head up in the pines At night, some of the boys get to talking up their...

For a while I sat there staring at her photograph For a while I cried and tried not to make a scene There was a time when we were young I used to make her laugh But life is long, my love has gone away from me Gone away from me Gone away from me Life is long,...

I could turn any day into gray Let me stay always beside you I could burn, I could break any day Let me stay, ohhh, always beside you Goodbye, blue sky Blue sky, goodbye Let me breathe Let me walk in fields of green Let me be always beside you I cou...

Such the lazy Jackstraw, oh Always late for tea Never bothers to ring lately Says the silly Sparrow, 'There's gossip in the grain, Have you heard the...Oh you don't say.' 'Someday, someday, A snow shall fill the trees You'd best make warm the eves.' Grown c...

I lost all of my vanity when I peered into the pool I lost all of my innocence When I fell in love with you I never knew a man fall so far until I landed here Where all of my wounds turn into gold when I kissed your hair Come to me Hannah Hannah won't...

All my life I been poor boy son, Scratchin' for my meat I have been kicked in my teeth, Till the blood run hot and sweet I seen a lot of living my friend, And this I will repeat, Just because you knock a man down Don't mean that you got him beat It's a shame...

Papa's in the kitchen, Mama's in the field There's a murder in the hen house Mud flung high upon the wheels Ol' rooster in the dooryard He's just leanin' on the horn With the wind so sweetly driftin' Through the ripening corn Hey Me, Hey Mama Where you been...

I hate to see you breaking down (hey, no pressure) I hate to watch you fall apart (hey, no pressure) I want to help you through it all (hey, no pressure, hey, no pressure) I want to lift you when you fall (hey, no pressure, hey, no pressure) Anything you...

When you came to me with your bad dreams and your fears It was easy to see that you'd been crying Seems like everywhere you turn catastrophe it reigns But who really profits from the dying I could hold you in my arms I could hold you forever I could...

Billboard, back road, meadow Sunset through the trees I can' t remember the faces I've seen Low and mean High rise, white light, shadows Years in the air I don' t recall all the "why" Or the "where" or "who was there" Show me the feathers you've foun...

People on the street now Faces long and grim Souls are feeling heavy And faith is growing thin Fears are getting stronger You can feel them on the rise Hopelessness got some by the throat you can see it in their eyes I said how come How come Everybo...

Hear me out Day follows day Light turns to clay in my hands How to explain, So pristine the pain Kindness made the cut so clean I still care for you/ 3x Hear me out Wanted me to be Less your lover than a mirror Can't you see What you mean to...

Lock the door Draw the shades Close my eyes I'm miles away I'll spend the day in my own way Count the hours Lock the days Underneath it all The rise and swelling of the waves I'll spend the day in my own way All the plans That were made Let them...

Cocaine flame in my bloodstream Sold my coat when I hit Spokane Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early morning rain Lately my hands they don't feel like mine My eyes been stung with dust, I'm blind Held you in my arms one time Lost you just the s...

Julia, were so glad you found the time (We're so glad you found the time, cause it aint easy) Julia, Its so good you're of the mind (It's so good you're of the mind to come and see me) Sunday's In the park She stays after dark Light plays through silent...

We lie, under a lavender sky Under a lavender sky we lie Do you, do you remember the day? Do you remember when we felt that way? Free to play, as a child we ran Through fields of clover Underneath the sun Back there, both of us without a care Leaves...

Well the truth it fell so heavy Like a hammer through the room That I could choose another over her You always said I was an actor, baby Guess in truth you thought me just amateur That you never saw the signs That you never lost your grip Oh, come on now That...

There comes a time, A time in everyone's life Where nothing seems to their way, Where nothing seems to turn out right There may come a time, You just can't seem to find your place For every door you open, Seems like you get two slammed in your face That's...

Are you still in love with me Like the way you used to be or is it changing? Does it deepen over time like the river That is winding through the Canyon? Are you still in love with her? Do you remember how you were before the sorrow? Are you closer for t...

Meg White You're alright In fact I think you're pretty swell Can't you tell? Meg White Such a pretty thing I saw your face on the cover Of a magazine Someday (someday) I'd like (I'd like) To take a walk with you Maybe ride our bikes down by the seaside Meg...

Lejos and Mary Lay dazed in Liula Dreaming of tropical signs As Lejos lay sleeping She knelt over him weeping Feeling the weight of his crimes It seems he cut a man down in a Tennessee town And he's just licking his wounds for a spell But it won't take long fo...

There's just soemthin' about this hotel Got me wishin' I was dead. Got to get out of New York City, Somewhere I can clear my head. I was just kickin' along the sidewalk, No one looks you in the eye, No one asks you how you doin', Don't seem to care if...

Where is the light? Where is the light that used to shine? Hey, where is the light? Where is the light that used to shine on me? All of us asking the question and yet no answer arrives Where is the joy? Where is the joy that I used to see? Hey, yeah,...

I've been a Savior, a Sideman, a Stranger Stung by anger, burned by law Feel so Scattered, like nothing really matters anymore, Put that sign out, on my front door Hitchin a ride on the PCH I got some things I need to say Callin' out a friend of mine...

When I was a younger man lookin' for my pot of gold Everywhere I turned the doors were closin' It took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on And still I felt like I was only losin' I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down And I...

Here in my heart I am Here in my heart I am Here in my heart I am Here in my heart I am I won't live like a paper man And step into life, the joy that I had I won't fold like a paper man To which I've been told by a paper-white plan Hear me Hear me...

Why so many people always runnin' 'round Looking for a happiness that can't be found? I don't know I don't know I don't know For everyone resplendent in the wealth of kings Thousands upon thousands only suffering I don't know I don't know I don't kno...

Walk through the field Sat in a tree I love you You don't love me Pick up a gun Shoot the TV I want you You don't want me That's Ok, I don't give a damn Stood on a hill Only to scream I knew you You never knew me That's ok, nothings for free...

Come to me, with a gentle touch, Love so real, but it was far too much For a boy like me, with a worried mind to leave you, i had to close my eyes Won't need to say please, baby i can say please, I won't need to get down on my knees, baby i can get down on my...

I heard the word, It's goin' all around town. Looks like your latest toy gone an Put you down. Well it won't be long, 'Fore you come crawling on home. Like some old dog with your tail on the ground. I'm listenin' to your Beg and your Plead. Don't fill...

When we first met we were kids, we were wild, we were insects And after a while, I grew coarse, I grew cold, I grew reckless I hold this memory, hold you so close to me, Whispered were we always happy Lately it feels like I'm asleep, and I just can't wake up...

I never felt like I had anybody that I could really talk to I never felt like I met anybody that I would even want to To try and get to know any better But that was before I met her She's the One! Oh....She is the One! I wish somebody could tell me w...

I guess you don't need it I guess you don't want me to repeat it But everything I have to give I'll give to you It's not like we planned it You tried to stay, but you could not stand it To see me shut down slow as though it was an easy thing to do List...

Listen to the sound of the seaside crashing Cloak on a hook in the hallway Smashing red and yellow Teacups Tripping over clover "Have another pull" cries the Piping Plover I'll be the one who stays I'll be the one who stays Sitting in the cool of the...

Tell me what you're feeling I can take the pain Tell me that you mean it That you won't leave again Tell me what your heart wants Such a simple thing My heart is like paper Yours is like a flame I can't make you see If you don't by now I'll get thr...

Zoe you and me we've been hanging out now Ever since we were kids, just kicking around this town Zoe you know me and I don't back down I know what I want, and I think I've found it I want you to be my girl I want you to be my girl Zoe, you're so superno...

I am the changing man I am the changing man So ends the game So ends the chase There's only one way to get out Of this tace There is no second place If you don't give them every ounce They'll cut it out While it still beats You close the wound I...

I will bring you Starlight by the barrow I will bring you Roses by the score There's no other way There's no other way There's no other way Meet me in the Twilight by the seaside Meet me underneath the Willow's fall There's no other way There's no o...

Goin' out of my mind Don't even know my own name half the time How'd I get so blind that I couldn't see What was right in front of me? Wish I was wrong I wish that you were right here lyin' in my arms Deep down inside I got to face the truth That you'r...

Three more days Girl you know I will be coming home to ya darling Three more days Girl you know I will be coming home to ya darling I know it's wrong to be so far from home I know it's wrong to leave you so alone I've just got to getcha this good job done So...

can you see the young and pretty confident as cops looming laughing in the shops till the sun turns black can you see the old and lonely walking through the park pushing grocery carts till the sun turns black can you see the corporate man he's winning on the...

Trouble... Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble Trouble been doggin' my soul since the day I was born Worry... Worry, worry, worry, worry Worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone We'll I've been... saved by a woman I've been... saved by a woman...

So ends the game, so ends the chase There's only one way to get out of this race There is no second place If you don't give them every ounce They'll cut it out, while it still beats You close the wound I bite the blade Lie my dying body in the shade Ta...

It's the Widow now that owns that angry plow, The spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow The fallow field that will yield no more, As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor The stream can't contain such the withering rain, And from the pasture the fence it...

War is not the answer The answer is within you War is not the answer The answer is within you Love Love Love Love War is not the answer The answer is within you Love Love Love Love 

Step outside the scene They don't know you like I do They don't know you like I do Not all of life is cruel Not all of life is so untrue Not all of life is so untrue I can hear the morning birds Light up on the branches And each in turn They sing of...

We sat in the grass 'neath the evening Sun Breathing in the air as the children run When I am with you When I am with you I'm right where I belong And I am Right where I belong Weaving in circles the starlight surrounds us Leaves me Me questioning a...

If I told you how I'm feeling And how my heart was always reeling Then maybe you could understand me a little better If I was to write you a letter And if I told you how I worry Isn't how I always seem to hurry And maybe you would understand me a little bette...

Baby It's been a long day, baby Things ain't been going my way And now I need you here To clear my mind, all the time And baby The way you move me, it's crazy It's like you see right through me, And make it easier Believe me, you don't even have to try Oh, be...

Her eyes have dried My hands are tied Nothing I can say If you feel the need to go I won't stand in your way Sit and think, drown in drink, sing this sad sad song You can bring me flowers baby when I'm dead and gone Fate has played his hand so cruel...

first time I saw your face I must admit I was feeling just a little bit out of place so young and stupid didn't have no plan I was just walking in the sand I was just walking with my shoes in my hands didn't have no plans you so pretty with your hair all a mes...