Ashes of American Flags
Wilco * Track #6 On Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
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Ashes of American Flags by Wilco
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Jeff Tweedy & Jay BennettAbout
The Wilco band biography, Wilco: Learning How to Die, mentions that Tweedy carried 20th century American novelist, Henry Miller’s Tropic Of Cancer around with him for eight years. “Ashes of American Flags” includes paraphrases from the novel from this song Note also that the lyrics to “Poor Places”...
Ashes of American Flags Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Refrain]
All my lies are always wishes
I know I would die if I could come back new
[Verse 2]
I want a good life with a nose for things
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?
[Refrain]
All my lies are always wishes
I know I would die if I could come back new
[Bridge]
I'm down on my hands and knees every time the doorbell rings
I shake like a toothache when I hear myself sing
[Refrain]
All my lies are only wishes
I know I would die if I could come back new
[Outro]
I would like to salute
The ashes of American flags
And all the fallen leaves
Filling up shopping bags
Ashes of American Flags Q&A
Who wrote Ashes of American Flags's ?
Ashes of American Flags was written by Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett.
Who produced Ashes of American Flags's ?
Ashes of American Flags was produced by Wilco.
When did Wilco release Ashes of American Flags?
Wilco released Ashes of American Flags on Tue Apr 23 2002.