Tom Waits "Blue Valentines" |
She sends me blue valentines All the way from Philidelphia To mark the anniversary Of someone that I used to me Feels like a warrant is out for my arrest Baby you got me checking in my rearview mirror That's why I'm always on the run That's why I changed my name 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 The ghost of your memory Baby, it's a thistle and a kiss It's the burglar that can break a roses neck It's the tattooed broken promise I gotta hide beneath my sleeve I'm gonna see you every time I turn my back Send 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 this madness Here in a nightstand drawer There to haunt upon my shoulders Baby, I know I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go With this blind and broken heart that sleeps beneath my lapel Instead, these blue valentines To remind me of my cardinal sin I can never wash the guilt Or get these bloodstains off my hands It takes a whole lot of whiskey To make these nightmares go away I cut my bleedin' heart out every night And I'm gonna die just a little more Each St. Valentine's Day Don't you remember I promised I would write you These blue valentines, blue valentines, blue valentines Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |