Your kind of violence is so hard to learn Just a slap in the face no fireworks Fake it fake it for everybody else Come on don't keep it all for yourself Oh no no no I watched the cowboy ride the train Across the Rio Grande to Brixton From the wild wild west to the deep deep south He takes a handful of pills and puts them in his mouth And when the lamp light shines across the room And touches her black tattoo Well she knows she's got to live with it now And you live as long as you want to Standing around wondering how she's ever gonna keep her looks She'll be history soon enough I bet we never write that book So tell me will you be sat on your own Looks like a ghost of someone I once knew And the map of your skin Still drives me insane You thought I was in pain I will colour you black and blue No true cynic will have a lucky number A dice is still their vice I tell ya every clouds gotta silver lining And everyone has his price Tell me what could be worse Than your own bitter rants Shes? Your favourites got no friends Im? And the beating never ends When I see you I see black and blue Oh give me your skin And I will colour you in If there's one thing I know it's true Black tattoo is nothing new Black tattoo is nothing new Give me your skin Want you give me your skin I want to clour you in once again Black Tattoo I want to colour you in I will colour you in