Music Gateway logo

Like a Tattoo Song Lyrics - Sade

chevron down

Sade

Like a Tattoo - Sade

Writer(s): Andrew Hale, Helen Adu, Stuart Matthewman

Publisher(s): Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

He told me sweet lies of sweet loves
Heavy with the burden of the truth
And he spoke of his dreams
Broken by the burden
Broken by the burden of his youth

"Fourteen years," he said
"I couldn't look into the sun
She saw him laying at the end of my gun"
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river

I remember his hands
And the way the mountains looked
The light shot diamonds from his eyes
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river

Like the scar of age
Written all over my face
The war is still raging inside of me
I still feel the chill
As I reveal my shame to you

I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo

More from Sade

Smooth Operator - Single Version

Sade

By Your Side

Sade

Lovers Rock

Sade

No Ordinary Love

Sade

Cherish the Day

Sade

Want more free tools for Musicians and Artists?

WAV to MP3

Quickly and easily convert WAVs into MP3s

BPM tapper

Tap or click the tempo to discover the BPM

Online metronome

Keep the beat no matter where you are

Large file transfers

Upload and share files as large as 3GB with anyone

Streaming royalties calculator

Calculate how much you can earn from streaming services

Guitar tuner

An online guitar tuner that's there whenever you need it

ISRC finder

Find any ISRC to any song with simply a name or song

Key/BPM finder

Quickly find the key or BPM to millions of songs