Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

All I can see is black & white & white & pink
And play it to blue
Then lay between the words I think
That picture that i was meaning to send her
You, i couldn't tell if i bring my art
They way I wanted,
Before I started
Writing this letter to you
If i could, you know i would
Just hold your hand & you'd understand
I'm the man who loves you
All I can be is a busy sea of
Spinning wheels & hands that feel
For stone to throw
And feet that run
That come back home and
makes no difference, ever ya know
Makes no difference ever known to me
If i could, you know i would
Just hold your hand & you'd understand
I'm the man who loves you
All I can see is black & white & white & pink
And play it to blue
Then lay between the words I think
That picture that i was meaning to send her
You, i couldn't tell if i bring my art
The way I started
Writing this letter to you
If i could, you know i would
If i could, you know i would
If i could, you know i would
I'm the man who loves you
I'm the man who loves you
I'm the man who loves you
I'm the man who loves you

It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
There's a war on
You're gonna lose
You have to lose
You have to learn how to die
It's watching miles flying by
It's watching the miles flying by
You not my typewriter
You can be my demon movie foe
If we play indoors
You have to lose
You have to learn how to die
If you wanna wanna be alive
You have to lose
You have to lose
You wanna wanna be up high
You have to die
You have to die
You have to learn how to die
If you wanna wanna be alive
(okay)

It's my father's voice dreaming of
Sailors sailing off in the morning
for the air-conditioned rooms
at the top of the stairs

His jaw's been broken
his bandage is wrapped too tight
his fangs have been pulled
and i really want to see you tonight

There's Bourbon on the breath
of the singer you love so much
He takes all his words from the books
that you don't read anyway

His jaw's been broken
his bandage is wrapped too tight
My fangs have been pulled
and I really want to see you tonight

Someone ties a bow
in my backyard to show me love
My voice is climbing walls
smoking and i want love

My jaw's been broken
My heart is wrapped in ice
My fangs have been pulled
and i really want to see you tonight

And it makes no difference to me
how they cried all over overseas
It's hot in the poor places tonight
I'm not going outside

They cried all over overseas
It makes no difference to me
It's hot in the poor places tonight
I'm not going outside

Cheer up, honey, I hope you can
There is something wrong with me
My mind is filled with silvery star
Honey kisses, clouds of fog
Sugars shrugging off
Cheer up, honey, i hope you can
There is something wrong with me
My mind is filled with radio cures
Electronic surgical words
Picking apples for kings & queens of things I've never seen
Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable
Cheer up, honey, i hope you can
There is something wrong with me
My mind is filled with silvery star
Honey kisses, clouds of fog
Picking apples for kings & queens of things I've never seen
Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable
Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable
Oh, distance has the way of making love understandable
Oh, distance has the way of making love understandable
Cheer up, honey, i hope you can

I am an American aquarium drinker
I assassin down the avenue
I'm running out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when i let go of you?
Let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning
Let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers
This is not a joke so please stop smiling
What was I thinking when i said it didn't hurt?
I want to glide through those brown eyes dreaming
Take from the inside, lady gold on tight
You so right when you said i been drinking
What was i thinking when we said goodnight?
I want to hold you in the bible-black pre-dawn
You're quite a quiet domino, bury me not
Take off your bandaid because i don't believe in touchdowns
What was i thinking when we said hello?
I always thought that if i held you tightly
You'd always love me like you did back then
Then i fell asleep & the city kept blinking
What was I thinking when i let you back in?
I am trying to break your heart
I am trying to break your heart
Used to be lying when i said it wasn't easy
I am trying to break your heart
Disposable Dixie cup drinking
I assassin down the avenue
I'm running out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when i let go of you?