Lyrics Idiot Wind.lrc Ryan Adams
[id: sdviwrlx]
[ar: Ryan Adams]
[al: Blood on the Tracks]
[ti: Idiot Wind]
[length: 08:17]
[00:09.96]Someone’s got it in for me
[00:12.55]Plantin’ stories about me in the press
[00:18.39]Whoever it is, I wish they’d cut it out
[00:21.22]When they will, I can only guess
[00:26.96]They say that I shot a man named Gray
[00:29.97]And took his wife to Italy
[00:32.85]She inherited a million bucks
[00:35.77]But when she died it came to me
[00:38.60]I can’t help it if I’m lucky
[00:44.17]People see me all the time
[00:46.73]They just can’t remember how to act
[00:52.30]Their minds are filled with big ideas
[00:55.38]Images, and distorted facts
[01:01.15]And even you, yesterday
[01:04.12]You had to ask me where it was at
[01:07.10]I couldn’t believe after all this time
[01:10.15]You didn’t know me better than that
[01:12.92]Sweet lady
[01:16.17]Idiot wind
[01:18.81]Blowin’ every time you move your mouth
[01:24.66]Blowin’ down the back roads, headed south
[01:30.88]Idiot wind
[01:33.89]Blowin’ every time you move your teeth
[01:39.57]You’re an idiot, babe
[01:42.20]It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe
[01:48.63]Through the I Ching yesterday
[01:51.21]It said there might be thunder at The Well
[01:57.41]Peace and quiet’s been avoidin’ me
[01:59.89]For so long, it feels like livin’ hell
[02:05.80]There’s a lone soldier on the hill
[02:08.66]Watchin’ falling raindrops pour
[02:11.85]You’d never know it to look at him
[02:14.56]But in the final shot, he won the war
[02:17.45]After losin’ every battle
[02:21.78]I woke up on the roadside
[02:24.72]Daydreamin’ about the way things sometimes are
[02:30.42]Hoofbeats poundin’ in my head
[02:33.24]At break-neck speed and makin’ me see stars
[02:38.99]You hurt the ones that I love best
[02:42.23]You cover up the truth with lies
[02:45.00]One day, you’ll be in the ditch
[02:47.92]Flies buzzin’ around your eyes
[02:50.83]Blood on your saddle
[02:55.08]Idiot wind
[02:58.37]Blowin’ through the flowers on your tomb
[03:04.25]Blowin’ through the curtains in your room
[03:09.89]Idiot wind
[03:12.93]Blowin’ every time you move your teeth
[03:18.37]You’re an idiot, babe
[03:21.66]It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe
[03:30.25]It was gravity which pulled us in
[03:33.74]Destiny, which broke us apart
[03:38.75]You tamed the lion in my cage
[03:41.64]But it just wasn’t enough to change my heart
[03:47.20]Now everything’s a little upside down
[03:50.27]As a matter of fact, the wheels have stopped
[03:52.97]What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good
[03:55.91]You’ll find out when you reach the top
[03:58.58]That you’re in the bottom
[04:03.25]I noticed at the ceremony
[04:05.91]That you left all your bags behind
[04:11.43]The driver came in after you left
[04:14.12]He gave them all to me, and then he resigned
[04:19.67]The priest wore black on the seventh day
[04:22.79]Waltzed around while the buildings burned
[04:25.39]You didn’t trust me for a minute, babe
[04:28.19]I’ve never known the spring to turn
[04:30.63]So quickly to autumn
[04:35.34]Idiot wind
[04:38.58]Blowin’ every time you move your jaw
[04:43.75]From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Mardi Gras
[04:49.64]Idiot wind
[04:52.70]Blowin’ every time you move your teeth
[04:58.39]You’re an idiot, babe
[05:01.42]It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe
[05:07.59]We pushed each other a little too far
[05:10.26]One day, it just jumped into a ragin’ storm
[05:15.92]A hound dog bayed behind your trees
[05:18.51]As I was packin’ up my uniform
[05:24.32]I’d figured I’d lost you anyway
[05:27.39]Why go on? What’s the use?
[05:30.47]In order to get in a word with you
[05:32.46]I’d have had to come up with some excuse
[05:35.64]And It just struck me kinda of funny
[05:40.61]I’ve been double-crossed too much
[05:43.16]At times, I think I’ve almost lost my mind
[05:48.50]Ladykillers load ice on me behind my back
[05:51.39]While imitators steal me blind
[05:56.86]You close your eyes and parted of your lips
[05:59.98]And slip your fingers from your glove
[06:02.74]You can have the best there is
[06:05.39]But it’s gonna cost you all your love
[06:08.22]You won’t get it for the money
[06:12.85]Idiot wind
[06:15.86]Blowin’ through the buttons of our coats
[06:21.81]Blowin’ through the letters that we wrote
[06:27.45]Idiot wind
[06:30.55]Blowin’ through the dust upon our shelves
[06:35.93]We’re idiots, babe
[06:39.08]It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves
[06:43.94]Year of Release: 2022