Blue valentine

1. 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 there's
A warrant out for my arrest
Got me checkin 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

2. 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.

3. 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 a blind and broken heart
That sleeps beneath my lapel.

4. She 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.