Blue Valentine Lyrics - Tom Waits

She sends me blue valentines all the way from Philadelphia 

To mark the anniversary of someone that I used to be 

And it feels like a warrant, out for my arrest 

Baby you got me checkin' in my rear view mirror 

So I'm always on the run that's 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, baby is the thistle in the kiss 

Is the bugler that can break a roses neck 

It's the tattooed broken promise, I gotta hide beneath my sleeve 

I'm on a see you every time I turn my back 

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She 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 this blind and broken heart that sleeps beneath my lapel 

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And stales this blue valentines, remind me of my cardinal sin 

I can never wash the guilt or get these bloodstains off my hands 

And it takes a whole lot of whiskey to make this nightmares go away 

And I cut my bleedin' heart out every nite 

And I'm gonna die just a little more on each St. Valentine's day 

Don't you remember, I promised I would write you these blue valentines 

Blue valentines, blue valentines