543.

PL:
Pewnie wszyscy juz widzieli nowy teledysk Ala Yankovica "Kolejny Tatuaż", ale moze ktos jeszcze nie widzial:)
Wiecej o Alu i jego innych piosenkach na weirdal.com
Tekst pod spodem, za piosenke dziekuje Tomkowi M z tatuazetniczny.blogspot.com

ENG:
Most of you have probably seen the "Another Tattoo" video by Al Yankovic already, but I hope there're still some innocent ones;)
More about Al weirdal.com
The lyrics can be found somewhere below.
Thank you Tomasz from ethnictattoo.blogspot.com for sending me this one:)


Lyrics:

beautiful tats
all over my back
makes me so proud
i'm gonna shout it out loud
i got another tattoo baby
yeah another tatto baby
(a-noth-noth-nother tattoo)
(noth noth nother tattoo)
no part of me is blank i'm really ink obsessed
it's like an art show the moment that i get undressed
at every job interview they're just so impressed
cause i got all my ex-wives' names on my chest
over here is clay aiken
there's a side of bacon,
and i'm in a torpedo fighting with satan
next to hello kitty and a zombie iceskating and wait
it's ronald reagan

i got these dragons
i got these dolphins
all inscribed on me indelibly
i've had bad reactions
bad infections
even hepatitis c
my friends think that i need therapy
maybe some lazer surgery
for the flaming goat skull on my knee
knee (knee) knee (knee) knee hey
beautiful tats (yeah) all over my back (all over)
and i've got some space here
on the side of my face here
for another tattoo baby
(a-noth-noth-nother tattoo) another tattoo baby
(noth noth nother tattoo) another tattoo baby
no i'm not high (high)
i'm really ok (ok)
i just love these scribbles (haha) that won't go away
i got another tattoo baby
(a-noth-noth-nother tattoo a noth noth noth nother tattoo)
another tattoo baby
(noth noth nother tattoo babe)
(a-noth-noth-nother tattoo)

yeah
yes there were a few
i got from a losing a bet
i misspelled a word or two
still there's nothing i regret
my shopping trips are no sweat
there's never stuff i forget
check out this rad boba fett
he's playing clarinet
beautiful tats (yeah) all over my back (all over)
and what the heck (haha)
there's still room on my neck (waa)
i'll get another tattoo baby
(a-noth-noth-nother tattoo) another tattoo babe
(noth noth nother tattoo)
i don't know why (why)
but every day (day)
whenever folks see me
they just back away (wo)
i got another tattoo
(a-noth-noth-nother tattoo babe)
(noth noth nother tattoo)
another tattoo baby
(a-noth-noth-nother tattoo babe)
(noth noth nother tattoo)
yeah

[bzzt]
d'ow
dehh... ok right there by my elbow. see?
yeah i got a couple of square inches left

415.

PL:
" (...)Gdy prawą ręką wkłuwałem zło
W tatuaż jej siostry lewej
Żaden z palców nie protestował"

fragment "Krzesła łaski" Nicka Cavea w tłumaczeniu Romana Kołakowskiego

ENG:
"(...)Like my good hand I
tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist."

"The Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave

382.

i feel soon i will sink into you
what do you think cause
there's still blood in your hair
and i've got the bruise of the year
but there's something about
her long shady eyes
i'm all about her shade tonight
i hate your tattoos you have weak wrists
but i'll keep you well it's too bad you're married to me.

"Mascara" Deftones

322.

PL:
"Noszę wąsy i bluzkę z dekoltem
Fioletowe legginsy
i oldschoolowa dziarę"

ENG:
"Got a moustache and a low cut vest
Some purple leggings
and a sailor tat"

Z / from "Being a dickhead's cool"

Thank you Napalm for showing me this one:)

285.

PL: Zakochałam się w "Tatuuj mnie" Justyny Steczkowskiej, w nowej wersji musze dodac. Nie w tekscie, w klimacie, kto zna przegenialna "Grawitacje" (z tekstem nieodzalowanego Ciechowskiego)
tekst:

Tatuuj mnie

dalej dalej dalej
tatuuj mnie
wytatuuj najpierw
na mnie swe imię
wytatuuj na mnie
zaklęcia swe
ja naprawdę wierzę
że to nie minie

dalej dalej dalej
tatuuj mnie
chcę byś widział
wszystko co do mnie powiesz
wytatuuj mi to
ja tego chcę
wytatuuj wszystko
słowo po słowie

na mnie na mnie znajdziesz
siebie i mnie
na mnie znajdziesz siebie
kiedy się zgubisz
mapą twoją mapą
twoją być chcę
będę twoją mapą
kiedy się zgubisz...


ENG: Polish singer Justyna Steczkowska made this cover of her own song "Tattoo me" and even I'm not a great fan of her, I fell in love with, not because of its lyrics but with the atmosphere which reminds me one of her older songs "Gravity"
Here goes the translation:

Tattoo me

come on, come on,
tattoo me
start with your name
tattoo me
with your spells
I truly believe
it won't fade

come on, come on,
tattoo me
I want you to see
everything you're telling me
tattoo me with this
I want it
tattoo everything
a word after a word

you and me can be found
upon my skin
you'll find yourself on me
while you're lost
map your map
of yours I wanna be
I'll be your map
when you are lost

247.

PL: Erykah Badu czyli striptiz dla idei w numerze "Window Seat". Nizej caly clip, jeszcze nizej zdjecie promujace nowa plyte, a jeszcze nizej okladka do tejze.

ENG: Erykah badu or striptease for a reason in the "Window Seat" song. Below: the video, promo pic and her new album cover.

185.

Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't take me for the mile
Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't take me for the mile

Miles from home and I'm all alone
And looking for the first time
We took a long ride
And there by her side
I did my first crime

Well Mary Mary
Quite contrary
Just how does your garden grow
She said you ring my bell
And rattle my shell
I'll be your pretty maid all in a row

Put me to the test
Lay me down to rest
While her nails cut me up like a knife
Put me in you
Like a flesh tattoo
And scared this poor boy for life

Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't tak eme for the mile
Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't take me for the mile

It was a hot one
In the summer sun
And more than heat was rising
I remember that September
And just how you left me smiling
I left there shaken body was achin'
Like it never did before
Begged and pleaded
Swear I needed
Needed you a whole lot more

Put me to the test
Lay me down to rest
While her nails cut me up like a knife
Put me in you
Like a flesh tattoo
And scared this poor boy for life

Put me to the test
Lay me down to rest
While her nails cut me up like a knife
Put me in you
Like a flesh tattoo
And scared this poor boy for life

Made this boy's bell ring
And there I earned my wings
Left me there in sweet pain
Hell I'll never be the same

Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't take me for the mile
Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't take me for the mile

"Don't give up an inch" Poison

178.

PL:
"Rozpal piec i nie żałuj ogniowi drew,
niech z kamieni rozejdzie się żar,
niechaj para wytopi mój żal i gniew,
i ten mróz, który w ciało się wżarł.

Powspominam po prostu minione dni,
zimnej wody zaczerpnę na dłoń
i tatuaż z lat kultu jednostki mi
tu, na piersi, nabiegnie znów krwią.

Ile łagrów i kopalń poznałem tam,
ile lasu tam padło, i nas...
Popatrz - profil Stalina pod sercem mam,
a tu, z prawej - Marinka en face.

Rozpal piec, jeszcze więcej kamieni wnieś,
niech gorącym owioną mnie tchem,
może wtedy przez gardło mi zdoła przejść,
co widziałem, przeżyłem i wiem...

Za niewinność, za wiarę w ten cały raj
rajskie życie zgotował mi sąd;
tajgę, tundrę i step po najdalszy skraj
przemierzyłem wśród śniegów i błot.

Przyszli rankiem dlaczego, czort jeden wie.
Próżno matka błagała, i brat
i powieźli z Syberii na Sybir mnie
okrągłych dwadzieścia pięć lat.

Rozpal piec, jeszcze więcej kamieni wnieś,
niech gorącym owioną mnie tchem,
może wtedy przez gardło mi zdoła przejść,
co widziałem, przeżyłem i wiem...

Potem w smrodzie baraków niejedną noc
w skórę znaną wkłuwaliśmy twarz,
tuż przy sercach, by słyszał ich gniewny głos -
że wciąż biją, że jeszcze są w nas.

Zostaw piec, bo gorąco wyciska łzy,
nie polewaj kamieni - już dość,
rozkrochmale się w cieple za bardzo i
niepotrzebnie opowiem ci coś...

Rozpal piec, jeszcze więcej kamieni wnieś,
niech gorącym owioną mnie tchem,
może wtedy przez gardło mi zdoła przejść,
co widziałem, przeżyłem i wiem...

Od tych wspomnień na nowo ogarnia lęk,
myśl się tłucze o czaszkę jak ćma -
niech więc para gorąca spowije mnie
i wypali koszmary do cna.

Tylko z NIM mnie do śmierci połączył los,
tatuażu nie zmyje już nic,
ot, miotełką brzozową w znajomy wąs
mogę sobie najwyżej go bić...

Rozpal piec, jeszcze więcej kamieni wnieś,
niech gorącym owioną mnie tchem,
może wtedy przez gardło mi zdoła przejść,
co widziałem, przeżyłem i wiem..."

"Łaźnia na biało" Wladimira Wysockiego, rosyjskiego poety i pieśniarza.
Tłumaczenie: Michał B. Jagiełło

ENG:

Fire me up with a white bath
I've lost touch with the wide world
I'll burn up, and when I'm burnt out
My tongue will be loosened by the hot steam

Fire me up a bath, woman
I'll forge myself, burn myself
At the very edge of the bench,
I'll destroy all my doubts.

I will become too soft
A jug of cold water, and all willbe in the past
My tattoo, from the days of the cult of personality
Will turn blue on my left breast

How much faith and forest has been felled?
How much grief and distance has been felt?
On my left breasts: Stalin's profile
On my right - Marinka straight on.

Oh, with my unconscious faith,
How log was I at ease in heaven?
But I changed my unbelievable stupidity
For a hopeless life.

"White Bath" by Vladimir Vysotsky,a russian poet and songwriter.
Don't know who translated the lyrics from Russian.

171.

"gdy neon nocy nad przedmieściem się zapala
a pies kulawy kończy obchód bocznych ulic
wychodzę w mrok z twarzyczką dziecka duszą drwala
pamiętaj o tym gdy kochankę w łóżku tulisz

idę w ciemności kiedy cichnie serce miasta
księżyc kołysze się ze strachu jak medalik
pod moją twarzą nagle inna twarz wyrasta
blada jak krótki błysk oksydowanej stali

żadnym kolczykiem ani zdobnym tatuażem
ciała nie znaczę mój tatuaż śpi pod skórą
lecz gdy mój cień pod latarniami się pokaże
w ściśniętym gardle więźnie głos pijackim chórom

lecz nie wie tego żona ani mój spowiednik
co czuję rano gdy się kończy moja praca
bo dla mnie noc i dzień to słodki chleb powszedni
pamiętaj o tym gdy tramwajem nocnym wracasz

już teraz wiesz i nie dziw się kiedy przechodzień
przyspiesza kroku chociaż nikt go nie popędza
i czemu czuje lepki strach kiedy mu co dzień
jawi się w snach łagodna twarz młodego księdza

gdy neon nocy nad przedmieściem się zapala
a pies kulawy kończy obchód bocznych ulic
wychodzę w mrok z twarzyczką dziecka duszą drwala
pamiętaj o tym gdy kochankę w łóżku tulisz"

Robert Kasprzycki "Trzy Grosze"

ENG:
"With piercing or dainty tattoo
My body I do not mark, my tattoo sleeps under the skin"

part of Robert Kasprzycki's song "Trzy Grosze"

165.

"Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this

STUPID shit, silly shit, stupid shit...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Mum's gonna fix it all soon.
Mum's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all these gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fuck smiley glad-hands,
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mum please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it come down.
Come down.
Suck it down.
Flush it down."

Tool "Aenima"

another song sent by/kolejna piosenka przesłana przez yadou :)
clik to see her art gallery/kliknij by obejrzeć jej prace

160.

"Give me a good film noir and a bottle of gin
I'll be happy just to stay inside,
I didn't want to get too involved
But I like how hard you tried.

To my horror,
A former lover told me you've always had a swallow tattoo
Now you tell me it's a sign of devotion
But devotion to who?

Don't think I'm a martyr to the cause
She's got her reasons putting cats amongst the pigeons
But I'd rather just stay indoors.

An antique emblem set in ink
It didn't mean a thing to you,
And I've been 'round by proxy
Goodbye, happiness, I hardly knew ya.

To my horror,
A former lover told me you've always had a swallow tattoo
Now you tell me it's a sign of devotion
But devotion to who?

You fill me, you fill me
You fill me with emotion
You fill me with emotion
I still want, I still want to jump
I want to jump your bones.

Don't tell her, tell her anything
Because I'm bound to see her later today
And if she can't keep a straight face
Then I'll know.
To my horror,
A former lover told me you've always had a swallow tattoo
Now you tell me it's a sign of devotion
But devotion to who?

I'd rather just stay indoors."


The Long Blondes "Swallow Tattoo"

155.

"Someone's knocking on my kitchen door, leave the wood outside, what,
All the girls here are freezing cold. Leave me with your Borneo.
I said, I don't need much to keep me warm.
And don't stop now what you're doing, what you're doing my ugly one.
Bring them all here, hard to hide a-ahundred girls in your hair.
It won't be fair if I hate her, if I ate her. You can go now, you can go now.

You're already in there. I'll be wearing your tattoo, yes. You're already in there.


Got a cloud sleeping on my tongue.
He goes, then it goes and kiss the violets as they're waking up.
Leave me with your Borneo, I said, leave me the way I was before but,


You're already in there. I'll be wearing your tattoo, yes.
I'm already in circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles, circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again, well.


Someone's knocking on my kitchen door, leave the wood outside, what,
All the girls here are freezing cold.
You can go now, you can go now, you can go now, you can go now.


You're already in there. I'll be wearing your tattoo, yes.
You're already in there. Thought I was over the bridge now, over the bridge now.


I'm already in circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles, got to stop spinning,
Circles and circle, circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again, well.
Circles and circles, circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles, got to stop spinning,
Circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again, well."


"Cloud on my tongue" by Tori Amos

here tu be listened/do posluchania:



sent by yadou clik to see some of her work/kliknij by obejrzeć jej prace

146.

I stuck my head in the sand
Cut my face to hell
There was nothing - nothing but my life unanswered
The truth has died
And in the world you wanted to find
There was nothing - nothing but the unforgiven

Destroy all you see
Tattoo the world - change everything
Save the world for me
Tattoo the world

Do I care anymore - if there's a new beginning
The simple plan is broken
Every time it's given
I needed thrust and love but grab the hand of hate
To help me up again
To fuck me up again


Here it comes – Here it comes!

"Disaster" by Sevendust


click here to listen to the song/kliknij by posłuchać

141.

"The mid twenty joys around a heart that’s black and blue
Tattooed love boys
I tore my knees up getting to you
’cause I needed
To find out what the thing was for
Been reading
But man the time came to explore

I went apewire ’cause I thought
Like I’d like it little tease
But I didn’t mean it
But you mess with the goods doll, honey you gotta pay, yeah

A good time was guaranteed for one and all
The tattoos did target practice in the hall
While waiting for their number to get called out
I, i, i, I found out what the wait was about

I was a good time, yeah, I got pretty good
At changing tyres upstairs bro
I shot my mouth off and you showed me what that hole was for

Now I see you
All impressed and half undressed
You got paint stick all over the scars and lumps and bumps
Tattooed love boys
Have got you where I used to lay
Well ha ha too bad, but you know what they say
Stop snivellin’, you’re gonna make some plastic surgeon a rich man

Oh, but the prestige and the glory
Another human interest story
You are that"

The Pretenders "Tattooed love boys"

139.

" I'm not the prisoner of my skin
It's flexible and paper thin
I'm breaking out to let you
in
Where I get pierced with a little pin

Little pricks I could hardly feel --

tiny little needles made of steel
I make a statement, hear my cry --
something I'll have
past the day that I die
I was inspired by the illustrated man --
I got my first
butterfly on my can
I'm running out of room I can't find a place --
I'll have to put the
Last Supper on my face

Tattoo, tattoo me now tattoo ow

I can't be buried in
a Jewish cemetery --
unless before I die I become very hairy
I can't get a job that
means anything --
But I can always get a nipple ring
A pattern of scars filled with ink
--
like vacation postcards don't you think?
Running from my ankle all the way to my
breast --
is a map of my vacation in the wild wild west

Tattoo, tattoo me now
tattoo ow

My body is a canvas -- a picture I control
A gallery of images -- I
worship every hole
The back's an empty album -- begging for some art
Dragons, lizards,
ancient gods -- only question -- where to start"

The Bobs "Tattoo me now"

116.

"Lydia The Tattooed Lady" by Groucho Marx

wideo/video


tekst/lyrics

My life was wrapped around the circus.
Her name was Lydia.
I met her at the world's fair in 1900,
marked down from 1940.
Courtesy of YouTube, watch Groucho Marx singing 'Lydia the Tattooed Lady

Ah, Lydia.
She was the most glorious creature
Under the su-un.
Guiess. DuBarry. Garbo.
Rolled into one.

Oooooooh
Lydia oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so,
And a torso even more so.

Lydia oh Lydia, that encyclopidia,
Oh Lydia the Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus, too.
And proudly above waves the Red, White, and Blue,
You can learn a lot from Lydia.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

When her robe is unfurled, she will show you the world,
If you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paris,
Or Washington crossing the Delaware.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

Oh Lydia oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
Oh Lydia the Tattooed Lady
When her muscles start relaxin',
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson

Lydia oh Lydia, that encyclopidia,
oh Lydia the queen of them all!
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz,
With a view of Niagara that nobody has.
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

Come along and see Buff'lo Bill with his lasso.
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

Here is Grover Whalen unveilin' the Trilon.
Over on the West Coast we have Treaure Island.
Here's Najinsky a-doin' the rhumba.
Here's her social security numba.

{whistles}La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

Oh Lydia, oh Lydia that encyclopidia,
Oh Lydia the champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet.
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet,
For he went and married Lydia.

I said Lydia
{He said Lydia}
They said Lydia
{We said Lydia}
La La!

94.

"Każdy krok- po prostu boli
Każda noc- niepokoi
Nie potrzeba mi- uczuć
które znam
powoli tone
Który to już raz zapominam
że przecież to nie czas żyć bez Ciebie

Chcę być Twoim tatuażem
I spełnieniem marzeń
W pamięci niezmywalnym śladem
który dobrze znasz

Męczy mnie ten dziwny stan
Gdy czuje, że w miejscu stoję.
Nie potrzeba mi zmian
przez które ja powoli
w tym wszystkim tone

Chce byc Twoim tatuażem...

Nie rań mnie- juz nie mam sił
Źle to znoszę- uwierz mi
Nie rań mnie- już nie mam sił
Źle to znosze- uwierz mi

Tonę..."

Bartek Wrona "Chcę być Twoim tatuażem"

87.

She told me he was beating her today
And she showed me all the bruises on her face
I said baby can I make it all ok
She said honey you should make him go away

There's a hundred thousand dollars in the bank
And the policy he took out yesterday
We can live outside the country for awhile
Until things smooth over and get under control

There's a tattoo of your name across my soul

I bought a rifle and black gloves without a name
For an alibi she went six states away
When I saw him I felt fire I felt cold
Like the devil and the lord wanted my soul

Like this tattoo of your name across my soul

So I shot him in his car until he died
I called to give the signal and she cried
Life has a way of making other plans
She called the cops and said I was a crazy man

I'm gonna get this thing removed when I can

There was never any policy
And the bruises came from falling on the street
So the judge gave me one hundred thousand years
In the courtroom she was filling up with tears

I saw her hold the lawyer's hand real tight
They looked tired from not getting sleep last night
See the whole time she had me under control
With a tattoo of her name across my soul

She got off and I will never have parole
Just this tattoo of her name across my soul
Just this tattoo of her name across my soul
Just this tattoo of her name across my soul


"Tattoo of your name" Vast

80.

"Blizna na bliźnie złamany nos
Wybite zęby zmącony wzrok
Znów bijatyka, znów błysnął nóż
Kolejna rana przeklinam ból
Butelką w głowę następne szwy
Wracasz do domu, dziewczyny łzy
Jebane życie jebany fart
Czemu to zawsze muszę być ja?
Blizny alkohol i tatuaże
Takie jest całe nasze życie
Blizny alkohol i tatuaże
To wszystko co mamy
To tylko się liczy
Anioł i diabeł na mym ramieniu
Uliczna bitwa i znowu cierpienie
Ktoś wezwał gliny, znów trzeba biec
Sił musi starczyć, nie poddam się
Lubię gdy strach zagląda w oczy
Lubię gdy kapuś krzyczy pomocy
Lubię gdy ona patrzy się na mnie
Mówi: przyjdą do mnie gdy zmrok zapadnie
Blizny alkohol i tatuaże
Znaki naszej walki, znaki pamięci
Blizny alkohol i tatuaże
Tacy będziemy
Aż do śmierci
Nie wierzę w słowa, lecz wierze w czyny
Wielu odeszło - my wciąż stoimy
Moda jest dzisiaj, jutro jej nie ma
A naszej wiary zmienić się nie da
Prosta muzyka i brudne miasto
Przemoc, gdy trzeba, duma na zawsze
Wiara w przyjaciół, sztywne zasady
Nienawiść do tych, którzy nas zdradzą"

The Analogs "Blizny, alkohol i tatuaże"

73.

"Me and my brother were talking to each other
'Bout what makes a man a man
Was it brain or brawn, or the month you were born,
We just couldn't understand

Our old man didn't like our appearance
He said that only women wear long hair

So me and my brother borrowed money from Mother
We knew what we had to do
We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium
And got our arms tattooed

Welcome to my life, tattoo
I'm a man now, thanks to you
I expect I'll regret you
But the skin graft man won't get you
You'll be there when I die
Tattoo

My dad beat me 'cause mine said "Mother"
But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother
'Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude
And my mother thought that was extremely rude

Welcome to my life, tattoo
We've a long time together, me and you
I expect I'll regret you
But the skin graft man won't get you
You'll be there when I die
Tattoo

Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over
My wife is tattooed too
A rooty-toot-toot, A rooty-tooty-toot-toot
Rooty-toot-toot tattoo too
To you"

The Who "Tattoo"