Colin Cutler - A New Tattoo (Parker’s Reprise)

A New Tattoo

Verse
My name is O.E. Parker;
What it means only God and the Navy and my mama know.
All of my life I’ve been running from something,
Maybe God or the Navy or my mama or the government.

Chorus
I knew a boy with his mouth hanging down to his shoes,
Now he’s covered in the blood and tattoo blues.
Till I find that child again,
I’ll keep running.

Verse
I broke my teeth on the Rock of Ages,
Chewed every word till it made my stomach turn.
God the Father and Uncle Sam
Didn’t make a prophet, just a man with a tongue that burns.

Chorus

Verse
I tried to make myself with a new tattoo
Tried to gain the whole world, but it got underneath my skin.
But you can’t outrun the sonic speed of love,
It's lightning striking, dying to be born again.

Chorus