Blue Valentines

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 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 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 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 whole lot of whiskey to make these nightmares go away And I cut my bleedin' heart out every night 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