Clean Lyrics - 1989 - Ryan Adams

The drought was the very worst 

When the flowers 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 

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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 

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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