Wilco
Ashes of American Flags
from "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"



 The cash machine is blue & green
 $400 in twenties and small silver _
 I could spend $3.63 on Diet Coca Cola
 And unlit cigarettes
 I wonder why we listen to poets
 And nobody gives a thought
 How hot & sorrowful
 This machine begs for naught
 All my lies are always wishes
 I know i could die if i could come back new
 I want a good life
 With a nose for things
 Fresh wind & bright sky
 To enjoy my suffering
 A hole without a key
 If i break my tongue
 Speakingof tomorrow
 How will it ever come
 Oh, all my lies are always wishes
 I know i will die if i could come back new
 I am down on my hands & knees
 Every time the doorbell rings
 I shake like a toothache
 When i hear myself sing
 Oh, my lies are only wishes
 I know i will die if i could come back new
 I would like to salute
 The ashes of American flags
 And all the fallen leaves
 Filling up shopping bags