Ryan Adams - How Do You Keep Love Alive? Lyrics

Lord, I miss that girl
On the day we met, the sun was shining down
Down on the valley
Riddled with horses running
Crushing them with flowers

I would have picked for her
On the day she was born
She runs through my veins like a long black river
And rattles my cage like a thunderstorm
Oh, my soul

What does it mean?
What does it mean?
What does it mean to be so sad?
When someone we love
Someone you love is supposed to make you happy

What do you do?
How do you keep love alive?
When it won't

What, what are the words
They use when they know it's over?
"We need to talk," or
"I'm confused, maybe later you can come over"

I would've held your mother's hand
On the day you was born
She runs through my veins
Like a long black river and rattles my cage
Like a thunderstorm
Oh, my soul

What does it mean?
What does it mean?
What does it mean to be so sad?
When someone you love
Someone you love is supposed to make you happy

What do you do?
How do you keep love alive?
When it won't

How do you keep love alive?
When it won't
How do you keep love alive?
When it won't