Tattoo Around the Block Lyrics

By the time you leave here you'll probably hate my father

By the time you leave here you'll adore my mother

She was good like you, fought bad guys for me too

By the time you leave here, you'll have a new tattoo

When someone doesn't love you back no need to panic

Let it all roll off, remember what else you love

Honey you're not different, you're lonely just like we all get

You haven't met your people yet, but you will

He drove that ink into my skin

He put those words into my head

He didn't know it then

He made me feel like a person again

By the time you leave here I hope it all makes more sense

And after you leave here I hope you can find some rest

When you're doing all that work it's so hard to feel heard

By the time you leave I hope you're flying like this bird

Some people in these small towns will form opinions on all they know about

Right now everyone's trying to throw blame, just focus on what you can change

I know it can feel so useless to keep on doing what you're doing

Just find the light in your own mess, I know you will

By the time I left I understood his father

By the time I left I was grateful for his mother

He was good like her, reminded me what I deserve

By the time I left I had tattoos of lessons learned