Beautiful South The Tattoo Lyrics

Tattoo Lyrics

(heaton/rotheray)

 Sadness has filled a lonely place

 Before that there was just a hole

 At least now there's sadness on my face

 My lower lip has finally found it's role

 

 So the wind and the rain and the snow

 Had no particular place to go

 So they thought they'd come and spend some time with me

 They're better friends than you could ever be

 

 Chorus:

 There's a tattoo, a small tattoo

 Waiting there unpaid for you

 And if you ever bump into unlucky

 Don't forget who broke your heart in two

 You better get there early, there's a million in the queue

 Just waiting for the name on their tattoo

 

 Emptiness has filled a vacant heart

 Finally found a place for it to hide

 And as i wander like a fool from bar to bar

 Empty has become my greatest guide

 

 And the tears and the pain and the despise

 Looked at me through bankrupt eyes

 They had nowhere else that they could land

 So i invited them to take my bloody hand

 

 Chorus:

 So queuing for a tattoo and i can't decide the name

 I've been wondering night after night

 When they put that needle in me i'll scream your name in pain

 And i hope he spells 'you bastard' right

 

 B-a-s-t-a-r-d, stick that needle deep in me