A Mark Lyrics

I carry a picture

Of my girl everywhere I go

Something to remember her by

When my heart is beating slow

Burned into my eyes

Is a rosebud blooming grin

I carry that picture

Every night she puts on a show

Oh, in your hungry head

Oh, on your bottom lip

Oh, on your rosy breast

I left a mark

And it shows me back to you

I gave my girl a gift

I said don't go show and tell

Your pale soft skin upon this bed

Would sure preserve me well

I pray that they won't ask

Where she got it or from who

I gave my girl a gift

Oh god, did it begin to swell

Oh, on the edge of our bed

Oh, on the back porch floor

Oh, where they wouldn't know

We left a mark

And it shows me back to you

She poked me and she prodded

And we could not get our fill

And all across my body

I can feel her fingers still

In a cloud of smoke she lingers

As I dreamily recall

How she poked me and she prodded

And she lit the fire at will

Now we had to leave each other

And but one thing could we keep

The memory that for lovers cuts

And burns so very deep

The scars our sheets are hiding

Are the sweet discovery

That she's still beneath them with me

Every night that I fall asleep

Oh, right from the start

Oh, in my poor old heart

Oh, in the dark

You left a mark

And it shows me back to you