Ashes of American flags (Wilco)

(Cartel de la película "I trying to break your heart - a film about Wilco" de Sam Jones)

the cash machine is blue and green

for a hundred in twenties and a small service fee

I could spend three dollars and sixty-three cents

on diet coca-cola and unlit cigarettes

I wonder why we listen to poets

when nobody gives a fuck

how hot and sorrowful

this machine begs for luck

all my lies are always wishes

I know I would die if I could come back new

I want a good life with a nose for things
a fresh wind and bright sky to enjoy my suffering

a hole without a key if I break my tongue

speaking of tomorrow how will it ever come

all my lies are always wishes

I know I would die if I could come back new

I'm down on my hands and knees

everytime the doorbell rings

I shake like a toothache when I hear myself sing

all my lies are only wishes

I know I would die if I could come back new

I would like to salute the ashes of american flags

and all the falling leaves filling up shopping bags

(Extraída del álbum "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" / NONESUCH - 2002)