Heart Shaped Tattoo

Mama told me not to do it
Daddy would hit the roof
Everybody said
It would hurt like heck
But I knew our love was true and I wanted proof
A heart-shaped tattoo
There’s a little shop on Eighth and Main
They sell tie-died t-shirts and license plates
My brother Eugene
Got his there too
You held my hand when the guy did mine
Sealed to the end of time
It goes skin deep
To the bone
Real as the truth
You can’t wash it off
It shows through
A heart-shaped tattoo
It leaves a scar
It makes a mark
Like a neon memory
In the dark
Now what do I do
A heart-shaped tattoo
I don’t cry about you anymore
The pawn shop bought your ring
You wouldn’t know me now,
I been workin' out
Got a job in
Kingston Springs
Everything is new
But this heart-shaped tattoo
Heard you’re livin' up in New York state
Got a wife and a baby
On the way
Well hey, Baby
Good for you
You gave me something that’ll never fade
A heart that just
Won’t break