She 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 a warrent
is out for my arrest
baby you've got me checki'n in my rearview mirror
and 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
it's the burgler that can break a roses neck
it's the tatooed broken promise
that I hide beneath my sleeve
and I'm only 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 these blind 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
and it takes a lot of whiskey
to make this nightmares go away
and I cut my bleedi'n heart out every nite
and I'm gonna die just a little more on each st. valentines day
don't you remember that I promised I would
write you...
these blue valentines
blue valentines
blue valentines
