Tattoo
Tattoos share stories
If you’d care to listen
Tattoos tell stories
Of eyes that glisten
Of love found and love lost
Of happy times, of memories
Of battles won, battles lost
And battles just begun
A victory cry, in someone’s eye
As meaningless as it seems
To them it’s a battle cry
A way to remember pain
A way to never forget
A tribute to those in debt
When they’re old and gray
It shows them the way,
Right back to their childhood
It gives a memory a life
It shows who they are
And just how far,
They’ve strived
There’s a story behind each one
A rhythm, a rhyme, an emotion so fine
That became a part of their skin
A needle’s tip, of a long, long trip
A way to show their pride
A way to show what they hide
Tattoos tell a story
Of a person
Of a life
So next time you see, someone with ink on their arms
Ask them about the ink on their hearts
Listen careful, listen hard
And soon you’ll see what they did
As you read the tails of a heart
An elaborate design
And with this I resign
Oh, a tattoo is a story
And tells one of a person,
A human,
Much love
So please, son listen
If you’d care to listen
Tattoos tell stories
Of eyes that glisten
Of love found and love lost
Of happy times, of memories
Of battles won, battles lost
And battles just begun
A victory cry, in someone’s eye
As meaningless as it seems
To them it’s a battle cry
A way to remember pain
A way to never forget
A tribute to those in debt
When they’re old and gray
It shows them the way,
Right back to their childhood
It gives a memory a life
It shows who they are
And just how far,
They’ve strived
There’s a story behind each one
A rhythm, a rhyme, an emotion so fine
That became a part of their skin
A needle’s tip, of a long, long trip
A way to show their pride
A way to show what they hide
Tattoos tell a story
Of a person
Of a life
So next time you see, someone with ink on their arms
Ask them about the ink on their hearts
Listen careful, listen hard
And soon you’ll see what they did
As you read the tails of a heart
An elaborate design
And with this I resign
Oh, a tattoo is a story
And tells one of a person,
A human,
Much love
So please, son listen