Tattoo Substitute

Music: D.G. Womb / Words: D.G. Womb

I’ll be your sketch, your stencil, design

Be it ornamental, Maori or birth sign

I’ll hold your hand, no need for alarm

I’ll be the cling film wrapped around your arm

But I can never be an absolute

I’ll only ever be a tattoo substitute

Chorus

T was Teresa but she’s long gone

Anne was a holiday romance gone wrong

Taylor and Burton, that didn’t last long

Tenpole Tudor had one good song

O’ children forgive us now

Oh Alpha-six-eight where for art thou

I’ll help choose your ink, dot work, fine line

Be it custom, cover up or rose on a vine

I’ll be by your side, I’ll stand by your chair

I’ll help you apply your after care

But I will never be an absolute

I’ll only ever be your tattoo substitute

Chorus

T.A.T.T.O.O, T.A.T.T.O.O, ………..

G*d will bless the man with angel wings

The artist draws, the needle sings

Les ailes du desir, Der himmel uber Berlin

Images appear from under the skin

But I can’t commit to absolutes

Until I can I’ll stick to tattoo substitutes

T.A.T.T.O.O, T.A.T.T.O.O, ………..