Like a Tattoo - Sade: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Like a Tattoo

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Like a Tattoo was released on October 26, 1992 by Epic as a part of the album Love Deluxe

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Sade Adu

Vocals

Leroy Osbourne

Background Vocals

Andrew Hale

Keyboards

Stuart Matthewman

Stuart Matthewman

Guitar

Paul Denman

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sade Adu

Songwriter

Andrew Hale

Songwriter

Stuart Matthewman

Stuart Matthewman

Songwriter

Sade

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Sade

Producer

Mike Pela

Engineer

Tom Coyne

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

"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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

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

[Outro]

I wear it like a tattoo

I wear it like a tattoo

I wear it like a tattoo

Written by: Andrew Hale, Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman

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