Like a Tattoo
Sade * Track #4 On Love Deluxe
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Like a Tattoo by Sade
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SadeWrited by
Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman & Andrew HaleAbout
The final night of Sade’s 1993 Love Deluxe World Tour, Sade explained to her audience that “Like A Tattoo” was a true story based on the accounts of a stranger Sade met years ago on an evening at a New York City bar:
A long time ago, I met a man in a bar in New York. He told me his story. This is h...
Like a Tattoo Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He told me sweet lies of sweet loves
Heavy with the burden of the truth
And he spoke of his dreams
Broken by the burden
Broken by the burden of his youth
[Verse 2]
"Fourteen years," he said
"I couldn't look into the sun
She saw him laying at the end of my gun"
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river
[Verse 3]
I remember his hands
And the way the mountains looked
The light shot diamonds from his eyes
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river
[Verse 4]
Like the scar of age
Written all over my face
The war is still raging inside of me
I still feel the chill
As I reveal my shame to you
[Outro]
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
Like a Tattoo Q&A
Who wrote Like a Tattoo's ?
Like a Tattoo was written by Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman & Andrew Hale.
When did Sade release Like a Tattoo?
Sade released Like a Tattoo on Mon Oct 26 1992.
What did Sade say about "Like a Tattoo"?
Sade elaborated on her experiences with the aforementioned in a 1992 interview:
That song is about a man who has been in Vietnam, but it’s not really about Vietnam. It’s about war and killing somebody. I met a guy in a bar in New York years ago. It was an Irish bar on 14th Street. The song was my i...