Some look at me and say
It's time for growing up
I'm covered in the scars
Left from showing up
Life has done what it does
And led to who knows where
How much of me was born
How much was left there?

I have been down this road
More than a time or two
Ignoring what I been told
Trying to follow you
I have let it go
I let go of you
But I keep coming back
Back to the Rose Tattoo

I drank and fought
And drank some more
Just trying to forget
This little thing
On your leg
And everything it meant....


I bet you see it everyday
Remember when, why and where
The love that made it happen
Remember why its there
So I left my mark
Its forever on you
You walked away from me
With my Rose Tattoo

I have been down this road
More than a time or two
Ignoring what I been told
Trying to follow you
I have let it go
I let go of you
But I keep coming back
Back to the Rose Tattoo

I think you have a real knack for writing amazing choruses. I love this song brother.

Have been humming rose tattoo all day it's such a good song, well played

I love that you picked something visual and made the story around it! Awesome concept.

I actually put a Rose Tattoo on my ex fiancee's ankle. she walked away some time later. Eh.... thank The Dropkick Murphys for the partial inspiration on this one.

Couln't agree more: lovely chorus,
very singable and with a catchy rhythm.
A Brilliant Little Jewel in a Sea of Poems
Thanks ever so much!