Tattoo on a Sunburn

It was the summer after my senior year

We spent the whole week out on that pier

She said, "Boy, I think I love you," I said, "I love you, too"

We ended up drunk at some old ink shop

She said, "Get my name," I said, "Hell, why not?"

She didn't have to work too hard to talk me into

Mmm-mmm, a tattoo on a sunburn

Every time that saltwater breeze blows in

I find myself laying right there in

A kicked back jet black leather seat

The hum and the buzz and the sting of that needle

Faded away but I guess some people never do

Losing you's the only thing worse

Than a tattoo on a sunburn

As I held her on her hotel balcony

I remember wishin' she would come back with me

Guess a boy can dream but we both knew it wouldn't work

When I came to, she was already gone

Hammered down due west to Arkansas

And I laughed through the pain and swore it didn't hurt

Mmm-mmm, a tattoo on a sunburn

Every time that saltwater breeze blows in

I find myself laying right there in

A kicked back jet black leather seat

The hum and the buzz and the sting of that needle

Faded away but I guess some people never do

Losing you's the only thing worse

Than a tattoo on a sunburn

It's covered up with some new ink now

The rest of the world ain't got a clue about

The name of a girl that I ain't seen since that day

I don't think about her all the time

But when they're stackin' the chairs right before the tide

I can still hear her voice come crashing down with the waves

Every time that saltwater breeze blows in

I find myself laying right there in

A kicked back jet black leather seat

The hum and the buzz and the sting of that needle

Faded away but I guess some people never do

Losing you's the only thing worse

Than a tattoo on a sunburn

A tattoo on a sunburn