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