Tattoos - Tyler Childers

You never thought that Karma actually came back to you You use to cling to anyone who was just passing through Dressed like you only shop at park avenue You learned that one plus one don't always make two And that's a tough lesson Lying down in your bed but you're not resting You hate the fact that they exploited you for your affection So you made sure next time to show that your love is a weapon Found one and got to testing You loved it cuz i know how much you just loved the attention But is it really love or really was it self-protection? You're a person but lately you feel like a possession And you know others do the same But all the others wild and you think for you its tame But you've too afraid to see the whole picture frame I know rather you'd close your eyes and let it set aflame But now you gotta choose Tryna find lasting love in one afternoon left you confused You can't have it both ways and that's your excuse Ain't nothing permanent bout temporary tattoos You treat opportunities like it was bad news You seem a little lost but haven't lost your values You've got a lot of talk but you've been living in a vacuum Running from the problem with some brand new track shoes And that's the difference between me and you I'm not perfect but at least I try to see it through Cuz every time there is a road block and i get delayed I think about much worse it would be if I just stayed Lately I've thought of you You've always been the type of person to just stick and move Maybe if you stop awhile you could just enjoy the view Find the kind of love that sticks forever like a tattoo, yeah

For you For you For you, ich trag' 1000 Tattoos auf der Haut Ein Astronaut und ein Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du stehst hier drauf Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' For you, 10.000 Tattoos, die ich hab' 'Ne Totenkopf-Maske und 'n Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du hast 'n Platz Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' (for you) Wie alt ich bin? Dicka, frag nicht Ich mach' das hier langsam schon so lange wie mein Bart ist War schon in den Tropen, in den Anden und der Arktis Überall am Start, als gäb' es irgendetwas gratis Hin und wieder war ich dumm, nicht besonders artig Aber sei mal ehrlich, dis war alles nicht dramatisch Ich mein', du kennst mich, wenn mich etwas stört, dann sag' ich's Doch ich sag' dir viel zu selten: Schön, dass du da bist Darum schreib' ich's auf, mal in Schwarz, mal mit Farbe Da, wo jetzt ein Herz ist, war mal 'ne Narbe Und da steht dein Name, ich trag' ihn mit Stolz und das ist Meine Art dir zu sagen, es ist schön, dass du da bist For you, ich trag' 1000 Tattoos auf der Haut Ein Astronaut und ein Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du stehst hier drauf Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' For you, 10.000 Tattoos, die ich hab' 'Ne Totenkopf-Maske und 'n Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du hast 'n Platz Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' (for you) Ich hab' 'ne Kassette aufm Arm Was bedeutet, ich hab' meine alten Werte nicht verlor'n Und weil mein Opa immer sagte: "Schreib dir das hinter die Löffel" Hab' ich heute diese Sterne hinterm Ohr Alles, was ich gut finde, hab' ich tätowiert Der Rest entzieht sich leider meinem Interesse Und ja, ich gebe zu, manchmal kiffe ich zu viel Was bedingt, dass ich so einiges vergesse Darum schreib' ich's auf, mal in Schwarz, mal mit Farbe Da, wo jetzt ein Herz ist, war mal 'ne Narbe Und da steht dein Name, ich trag' ihn mit Stolz und das ist Meine Art dir zu sagen, es ist schön, dass du da bist For you, ich trag' 1000 Tattoos auf der Haut Ein Astronaut und ein Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du stehst hier drauf Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' For you, 10.000 Tattoos, die ich hab' 'Ne Totenkopf-Maske und 'n Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du hast 'n Platz Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' Ich war ganz unten und ganz oben Bin ertrunken und geflogen Hab' von überall ein Souvenir Auch wenn das Blatt sich nochmal wendet Und das alles einmal endet Sag' ich: Hauptsache, du bist hier Ich war ganz unten und ganz oben Bin ertrunken und geflogen Hab' von überall ein Souvenir Auch wenn das Blatt sich nochmal wendet Und das alles einmal endet Sag' ich: Hauptsache, du bist hier Ich mach' das alles for you Ich trag' 1000 Tattoos auf der Haut Ein Astronaut und ein Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du stehst hier drauf Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' For you, 10.000 Tattoos, die ich hab' 'Ne Totenkopf-Maske und 'n Sägeblatt For you, alles voll und auch du hast 'n Platz Damit ich nicht vergess', für wen ich's mach' (for you) Für dich, für dich, für dich Ich mach' das alles for you Für dich, für dich, für dich Ich mach' das alles for you For you For you

Said I'd never fall, I'd never fall I'd never fall but then I fell for you, mm Back against the wall, against the wall Against the wall, that's how it felt with you, mhm, mm One weekend in Portland You weren't even my girlfriend We were walkin' and talkin' Then somebody said, "Let's get" Tattoos together, something to remember If it's way too soon, fuck it, whatever Give me shapes and letters If it's not forever, then at least we'll have tattoos together Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm Knew it from the moment, from the moment From the moment that I saw you naked, mm, yeah I could never love nobody else, nobody else The way I loved you, baby, mm, mm One weekend, no sleepin' You weren't even my girlfriend, yeah We were kissin', like, real kissin' Then somebody said, "Let's get" Tattoos together, something to remember If it's way too soon, fuck it, whatever Give me shapes and letters If it's not forever, then at least we'll have tattoos together Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, tattoos together Yeah, your cherry earrings are my favorite It looks so good, I had to save it I've been hopin', prayin' we last forever 'Cause there's nothing better than you and I Tattoos together, something to remember If it's way too soon, fuck it, whatever Give me shapes and letters If it's not forever, then at least we'll have tattoos together Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, 'cause I love you Mhm, oh Oh yeah Mhm, oh yeah Mhm, huh

Take a look at the clock only so long to go Scrubbing smooth young skin saying I don't know Grab a bag, grab a bottle but leave the what if You'll see it in the morning after your kicks All you will need for a rocking good time Is a bunch of people who don't give a damn There's a yes in your head, gotta find where it's at You'll lose it in the morning but ignore that And we're not bruised, they're just party tattoos And that colourful mess is just colourful regret Black lipstick will never be a sin We'll regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin Regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin Regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin My mommy said to always wear a coat But it's warm and it's heavy and we're trying to float Don't forget she'll be right when it's 3am So shiver, but shiver with a friend And we're not bruised they're just party tattoos And that colourful mess is just colourful regret Black lipstick will never be a sin We'll regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin We're not bruised they're just party tattoos And that colourful mess is just colourful regret Black lipstick will never be a sin We'll regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin Regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin Regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin Write a postcard to you at 84 Tell them you'd never dream of living behind the door Life was fun, full of love, full of hopeful smiles Bet you wish you were here, but I'll see you in a while And we're not bruised they're just party tattoos And that colourful mess is just colourful regret Black lipstick will never be a sin We'll regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin We're not bruised they're just party tattoos And that colourful mess is just colourful regret Black lipstick will never be a sin We'll regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin Regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin Regret it when we're old with wrinkled up skin

In a small corner bar he sits there a'drinkin' Lost as a ball in a field full of corn Further away than he ever imagined That he'd ever end up from the place he was born Now no more forlorn has a Creeker drank whiskey Than the one that you see out the side of your eye Drinkin' alone as he looks out the window At all of the strangers on the corner outside And he'd rather be dead than alive one more minute In this Godforsaken town When he was a kid, Lord he'd never a'dreamt it All the ways that the city can bring a country boy down Now they knew not his name and he knew not their faces And he knew not the how nor the reason for why You could ever wake up and wanna keep on a'livin' In a place where a friend was such a hard thing to find And for e'ryone ya meet there's a whole mess of people Tryin' like hell to pull you on down To the level they're on and the trouble they're tendin' In the mess that they've made in the gutter they found And he'd rather be dead than alive one more minute In this Godforsaken town When he was a kid, Lord he'd never a'dreamt it All the ways that the city can bring a country boy down Some fellas do drugs and things of that nature Some fellas chase girls to hang on their arm Some fellas get by on practically nothin' Some fellas get pissed in a small corner bar And they'd rather be dead than alive one more minute In this Godforsaken town When they were all kids, Lord they'd never a'dreamt it All the ways that the city can bring a country boy down

Works the nightshift at the depot With a pistol and a light And he guards them rustin' missiles Countin' whitetail to pass the time And he's worked there for a long while Since he came home from overseas Helping Kilcorn, fight the good fight And bring Baghdad to it's knees And it was hotter than the mountain But it weren't so ya couldn't stand And it weren't so much the heatwave Nearly as much as all the sand Now his daddy he's a log man With a good leg and fake That he got off of a buddy And a shit shot that he made And he worked them hands to splinters And he raised them youngins right On a little bit of scripture And an acreage of paradise And he'd go out on a weekend And he'd play like Clarence White If Clarence had a real job And picked the guitar when there was time Keeps a trap line in the winter Keeps a line wet in the spring On a lock wall fishin' muskie With his eldest and Steve And they swapped tales about their raisin' And they tell the awfullest lies And they go home when they've a notion And the muskie quit to bitin'

Will you pray for me When the roots of the oak And my ribcage are braidin' If I can think Lord knows that I will fondly pray for you High on the hill where the fox horns blow And down in the grave where they lay me low Catholic girl, pray for me You're my only hope for Heaven When I's a boy I'd drink and love and smoke and snort my fill But all the while I kept in mind the Lord's redeeming grace High on the hill where the fox horns blow And down in the city where the heathens go Catholic girl, pray for me You're my only hope for Heaven Do you reckon He lets free will boys Mope around in purgatory? I know that Hell Is just as real as I am surely breathin' But I've heard tale Of a middle ground I think will work for me When the time has come for changin' worlds I'll hedge my bets with a Catholic girl Catholic girl, pray for me You're my only hope for Heaven