Ryan Adams - Friends Lyrics






As pretty as a song
A song could ever be
Like Christmas on a river
Without a boat or Christmas tree
This afternoon with you was something like a letter
The kind that someone writes but never sends
And when you look at me
You remind me that someday it's gonna end
And when you pass on
I bet you miss your friends

As simple as a breeze
Tugging hard upon the sail
Been moving through these streets forever
From Istanbul to Amsterdam
This afternoon with you was something like a letter
The kind that someone writes but never sends
And when you look at me
You remind me that someday it's gonna end
And when you pass on
God, I bet you miss your friends

As pretty as a song
A song could ever be
Like Christmas on a river
Without a boat or Christmas tree
This afternoon with you was something like a letter
The kind that someone writes but never sends
And when you look at me
You remind me that someday it's gonna end
And when you pass on
God, I bet you miss your friends
Miss your friends
God, I bet you miss your friends





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  1. S.... M....

    The context of this song is so profound. He put his own idealism into it, but that doesn't paint an entire picture for myself. I listen to this song and it's not about friends. It's about my mother. Specific things that he says rings in my heart, and it makes me feel

  2. D.... H....

    Go easy Neal.

  3. N.... ....

    i'll bet ya miss your friends

  4. R.... B....

    i wrote this about the fantasy that is life..i did not write this for the tv show..

  5. S.... W....

    some touching ass shit right here. amazing poetry. amazing poet

  6. T.... C....

    no. all RA. no elton.

  7. r.... m....

    isnt this an elton john / Taupin song?

  8. m.... ....

    but this is a bad quality

  9. m.... ....

    Perfect Song

    !!

  10. N.... P....

    "These things inside me, they repeat like broken records
    Spinning pretty somethings behind my eyes
    And when I can't look at you
    I can paint your picture perfectly in my mind
    And when I get old
    I'm gonna miss you all the time"

    I sure do miss a very special one....

  11. L.... B....

    I can't decide which i like better, this or the acoustic version from the Sweedish/Stockholm sessions. They're both so amazing.

  12. A.... S....

    The OC

  13. S.... ....

    "Like Christmas on a river. Without a boat or Christmas tree." Such a spiritual thought.

  14. S.... ....

    @wist0301 love that pic, my favorite RA pic of all time. he's so beautiful and vulnerable, like this song. heartbreaking.

  15. T.... D....

    This is one of my favorite R.A songs he has written. The lyrics are beautiful.

    T.... D....

    mine too.

  16. S.... ....

    One of my favorite songs now

  17. H.... R....

    "If I were the wind I would touch your face."
    Someday in my life I hope to find someone to say that line to.

    H.... R....

    you will

    H.... R....

    Houndog Ray my sentiment, exactly..we don't get very close to those aspirations..may as well be the wind

  18. V.... ....

    beautiful song