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Blue Valentine
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Blues
Blue Valentine was released on October 3, 2000 by Stony Plain Records as a part of the album Live
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AlbumLive
Release DateOctober 3, 2000
LabelStony Plain Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM152

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Long John Baldry Trio
Long John Baldry Trio
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Composer

Lyrics

She sends me blue valentines
All the way from Philadelphia
To mark the anniversary
Of someone that I used to be
And I feel like there's a warrant out for my arrest
Baby, you 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
You send me blue valentines
Like half-forgotten dreams
Or like a pebble in my shoe
As I walk the street
And the ghost of your memory
Baby, is like a thistle in a kiss
And it's a burglar that could break a rose's neck
There's a tattoo of a broken promise
I gotta hide beneath my sleeve
And I see you every time I turn my back
She sends me blue valentines
Though I try to remain at large
And they're insisting that our love
Must have a eulogy
Why do I save all of this madness
Here in my nightstand drawer?
There's a heart upon my shoulders
Baby, I know
And I'd be luckier if I could walk around everywhere I go
With a blind and broken heart
That sleeps beneath my lapel
She sends me blue valentines
Remind me of my cardinal sin
I could never wash the guilt
Or get these blood stains from my hands
And it takes a whole lot of whiskey
To make these nightmares go away
And I cut my bleeding heart out every night
And baby, I'm gonna die just a little more
Each St. Valentine's Day
Don't you remember how I promised
I would write you these blue valentines?
Blue valentines
Blue valentines
Now you have to like that one
Matt Taylor, "Blue Valentines"
Written by: Tom Waits
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