Tattoo my heart (a song for Sas)

Guess we've all been thrown out
of this garden of Eden
Vilified for having minds of our own
a diff'rent isle of apples
made us our own healers
let our new way of coping be known

(chorus)
Tattoo my heart
to cover up the stains
before the colour's gone
embellish what remains

Tattoo my heart
so I can give it away

The thickest skin still damaged
though never by needles
hurt by all that's too deep under it
mark all these places
for we really are stronger
being here and having lived through all this

(chorus) 

The only scars that matter
are the ones on the inside
made by people that we held oh so close
if caring 's a drug
is there a way to recover
from the times that we have might overdosed

(chorus)

For deep inside, where we all hide
Underneath our own reflection
Without false pride, that what resides
is that we all approach perfection
So let all you are, now shine through
'cause no one comes closer than you!

Tattoo my heart
to cover up the stains
before the colour's gone
embellish what remains

Tattoo my heart
so I can give it away... to you

Hampie