Ryan Adams the poison and the pain when he took my hand how he laid me down to the darkest nights that i ever found don't drink his wine for you'll taste his blood oh the poison and the pain oh the poison and the pain then he'll pick you up down in shuffletown and he'll break the dress of your lover's gown and he'll break the pearls of your mother's time oh the poison and the pain the poison and the pain with the windows rolled and the darkened pines with her scriptures learned and psalms memorized how he took her down and he stole her soul oh the poison and the pain the poison and the pain and how i drank his team from his poisoned well and my righteous ways i unlearned so well we'll drink his wine and you'll learn the hell of the poison and the pain the poison and the pain the poison and the pain