You can tell Gail, if she calls
That I´m famous now for all of these rock and roll songs
And even if that´s a lie
She shoulda 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 shoulda married me

And tell her I spent every night of my youth on the floor
Bleeding out from all these wounds
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 oughta 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 at the 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 why

Tell her it´s alright
You know it´s hard to tell you this
Oh it´s hard to tell you this
Here´s looking at you, kid