The Gaslight Anthem - Here's Looking at You, Kid lyrics

You can tell Gail, if she calls
That I'm famous now for all
These rock and roll songs
And even if that's a lie
She should've given me a try
When we were kids on the field
Of the first day of school
I would've been her fool
And I would've sang out your name
In those old high school halls
You tell that to Gail, if she calls
And you can tell Jane, if she writes
That I'm drunk off all these stars
And all these crazy Hollywood nights
And that's total deceit
But she should've married me
And tell her I spend every night of my youth
On the floor bleeding out
From all these wounds
And I would've gotten her right out
Of that town she despised


You tell that to Janie, if she writes

But boys will be boys and
Girls have those eyes
That'll cut you to ribbons sometimes
And all you can do is just wait by the moon
And bleed if it's what she
Says you ought to do

You remind Anna, if she asks why
That a thief stole my heart while
She was making up her mind
I heard she lives in Brooklyn with the Cool
And goes crazy over that New
York Scene on 7th Avenue
But, I used to wait in a
Diner a million nights without her
Praying she won't cancel again tonight
And the waiter served my coffee
With a consolation sigh
You remind Anna, if she asks you why
Tell her it's alright
You know it's hard to tell you this
It's hard to tell you this
Here's looking at you, kid