Tom Waits Blue Valentines Lyrics

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
Is out for my arrest
Baby you got me checkin' in my rearview mirror
That's why I'm always on the run
That's why I changed my name
Now 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
And the burgler that can break a rose's neck
Is the tatooed broken promise
I gotta hide beneath my sleeve
I'm gonna see you every time I turn my back

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
Here 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

Instead of these 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 whole lotta 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. Valentines day
Don't you remember I promised
I would write you
These blue valentines
Blue valentines
Blue valentines