Clean - Ryan Adams

The drought was the very worst

When the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst

It was months and months of back-and-forth

You’re still all over me like a wine-stained shirt I can’t wear anymore

Hung my head as I lost the war

And the sky turned black like a perfect storm

The rain came pouring down

When I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe

And by morning, gone was any trace of you

Think that I am finally clean

There was nothing left to do

When the butterflies turned to dust, they covered my whole room

So I punched a hole in the roof

Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you

The water filled my lungs, and I screamed so loud

But nobody heard a thing

And the rain came pouring down

When I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe

That morning, gone was any trace of you

Think that I am finally clean

Ten months sober, I must admit

Just because you’re clean don’t mean you don’t miss it

Ten months older, I won’t give in

Now that I’m clean, I’m never gonna risk it

Now that I’m clean, I’m never gonna risk it

The rain came pouring down

When I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe

By morning, gone was any trace of you

I think that I am finally clean

It came pouring down

When I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe

By morning, gone was any trace of you

Gone was any trace of you

Gone was any trace, gone was any trace

Gone was any trace, gone was any trace

Gone was any trace, gone was any trace