Empty

Words and music by Ray LaMontagne

Lyrics:

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 a hill,
through grass, grown tall and brown
and still its hard somehow to let go of my pain.
on past the busted back of that old and rusted cadillac
that sinks into this field, collecting rain.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged

and of these cut- throat busted sunsets,
these cold and damp white mornings
i have grown weary.
if though my cracked and dusted dime-store lips
i spoke these words out loud would no one hear me?
lay your blouse across the chair,
let fall the flowers from from your hair
and kiss me with that country mouth, so plain.
outside, the rain is tapping on the leaves,
to me it sounds like they're applauding us the the quiet love we made.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged

well i looked my demons in the eyes,
laid bare my chest, said do your best, destroy me.
you see, i've been to hell and back so many times,
i must admit you kind of bore me.
there's a lot of things that can kill a man,
there's a lot of ways to die,
listen, some already did that walked beside me.
there's alot of things i don't understand,
why so many people lie.
its the hurt i hide inside that fuels the fire inside me.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ray
• LaMontagne
• empty
• acoustic
• guitar
• cover

[Rmacklin1313]

Thank you! I am learning this right now thanks to you. 

[costumedaisy]

very well done...this is one of my favorite songs. i am impressed with how much your voice is like Ray Montagne's.

[saharstar]

wow to lyrics...very nice performance too.

[LesFloyd]

I'd love to hear you do this song with professional production. You have got something a bit special about your voice, and there's that same ethereal 'hiss' that Ray has.

[krystalmoonbeams2u]

omg i just love this song, i just recently was turned on to ray...love all his songs especially this one..... :o)

[vikingviggen]

hey wow ... this is incredible!

i'm trying to learn this song as well, could you please tell me the chords for " will I always feel this way / so empty so estranged "

thanks a lot

[seano138]

hey, great job. if you get a minute, check out my version of jolene!~ peace.

[Karlootte]

Thank you so much for the angle of the filming, this is going to be precious help for me!!

[korkeycat]

Hey Ray Lamontagne is not an easy artist to cover because of his amazing voice, and this is one of my favourite songs of his...but you did a great job mate..well done!

[d3adp0ol]

bro, this song is very very nice. very good guitar player and singer. your great man. good luck if you are going to presue a musical career cause you got the talent man!