Bad Tattoo Lyrics

Mistakes in my life
cut me like a knife
They can be redeemed
if I make them right
A distant inner fight
with 20-20 hindsight
But one mistake remains
as black as midnight

I can't get rid of you
Like a bad tattoo

And you won't go away
No matter what I do
After all I've been through
I need somebody new
I can't wash you away
Like a...like a bad tattoo!

Things that I've done
have turned out all wrong
The time spent with you
seems twice as long
I just can't get away
from the chess games that you play
I'd set myself on fire
if it would help me to escape
I can't get rid of you
You're like a bad tattoo

And I can't get rid of you
No matter what I do
After all I've been through
I need somebody new

I can't wash you away
Like a...like a bad tattoo!