Blue Valentines
he sends me blue valentines
All the way from Philadelphia
To mark the anniversary
Of someone that I used to be
And it feels just like theres
A warrant out for my arrest
Got me checkin in my rearview mirror
And I'm always on the run
Thats why I changed my name
And I didn't think you'd ever find me here
To send me blue valentines
Like half forgotten dreams
Like a pebble in my shoe
As I walk these streets
And the ghost of your memory
Is the thistle in the kiss
And the burgler that can break a roses neck
It's the tatooed broken promise
That I hide beneath my sleeve
And I see you every time I turn my back
he sends me blue valentines
Though I try to remain at large
They're insisting that our love
Must have a eulogy
Why do I save all of this madness
In the nightstand drawer
There to haunt upon my shoulders
Baby I know
I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go
With a blind and broken heart
That sleeps beneath my lapel
he sends me my blue valentines
To remind me of my cardinal sin
I can never wash the guilt
Or get these bloodstains off my hands
And it takes a lot of whiskey
To take this nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin heart out every nite
And I die a little more on each St. Valentines day
Remember that I promised I would
Write you...
These blue valentines
blue valentines
blue valentines
and this is just because it fits us and you know it.
well its a quarter to two
and looking at you going down
going down slow
well its a quarter to two
and looking at you
going down going down slow
tv went off about 1
we have only begun
i know that the wednesday may come
but i have no attention of going home
well its a quarter to three diggin on me
going down going down slow
could stay here all nite
"they" claim your outta sight
please get up and turn off the light
there aint nothing better than the middle of the night
and its a quarter to four
begging for more
going down going down slow
going down
going
down
slow
TOM WAITS
he sends me blue valentines
All the way from Philadelphia
To mark the anniversary
Of someone that I used to be
And it feels just like theres
A warrant out for my arrest
Got me checkin in my rearview mirror
And I'm always on the run
Thats why I changed my name
And I didn't think you'd ever find me here
To send me blue valentines
Like half forgotten dreams
Like a pebble in my shoe
As I walk these streets
And the ghost of your memory
Is the thistle in the kiss
And the burgler that can break a roses neck
It's the tatooed broken promise
That I hide beneath my sleeve
And I see you every time I turn my back
he sends me blue valentines
Though I try to remain at large
They're insisting that our love
Must have a eulogy
Why do I save all of this madness
In the nightstand drawer
There to haunt upon my shoulders
Baby I know
I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go
With a blind and broken heart
That sleeps beneath my lapel
he sends me my blue valentines
To remind me of my cardinal sin
I can never wash the guilt
Or get these bloodstains off my hands
And it takes a lot of whiskey
To take this nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin heart out every nite
And I die a little more on each St. Valentines day
Remember that I promised I would
Write you...
These blue valentines
blue valentines
blue valentines
and this is just because it fits us and you know it.
well its a quarter to two
and looking at you going down
going down slow
well its a quarter to two
and looking at you
going down going down slow
tv went off about 1
we have only begun
i know that the wednesday may come
but i have no attention of going home
well its a quarter to three diggin on me
going down going down slow
could stay here all nite
"they" claim your outta sight
please get up and turn off the light
there aint nothing better than the middle of the night
and its a quarter to four
begging for more
going down going down slow
going down
going
down
slow
TOM WAITS


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