Tattoo
from the album - "More Miserable Than You'll Ever Be"

(Larry Tagg/Mike Roe)


(Lyrics inspired by "Marks," a monologue from the book TALKING WITH by Jane Martin)

You're the one with the perfect skin
Unscarred by any passion
I'm the man who's wondering
If I'm just this year's fashion
If you say I'm written on your life
And your eyes are wide open
If you say I'm written on your soul
Then write me on your skin

Tattoo
Tattoo me on you
Tattoo
Tattoo me on you

Don't make me no promises
Don't wear a ring for me
'Cuz you'll take it off your finger
When you think no one can see
And I don't care if we're not
Together in the end
But if you say I'm written on your soul
Then write me on your skin

Tattoo
Tattoo me on you
Tattoo
Tattoo me on you

It doesn't have to be my name
It doesn't have to by my silhouette
You'll think of something
Use your own alphabet
People are gonna ask questions
They're gonna want a story
What are you gonna tell them
Tell them about me
Tell them about me

I don't think that the perfect life
Is coming through without a scratch
If your inside is worth knowing
Then your outside reads like a map
Now this might hurt a little
New lives begin with little pains
But if I'm written on your soul
Then write me on your skin

Tattoo
Tattoo me on you
Tattoo
Tattoo me on you

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