The Rose Tattoo

[Verse 1: David Byrne]
And they were imagining roses
As if life itself were a dream
Is a gift not a reason for living?
Not enough, not enough, so it seems

[Chorus: David Byrne]
Lost in the stars
Venus and Mars
And I'm in heaven again
I'll drink to you
The rose tattoo
I'm the invisible man

[Verse 2: David Byrne]
If all the dead are now living
And all of the living will die
Buying their tickets and changing their trains
Into the city and back home again

[Chorus: David Byrne]
I'll drink to you
The rose tattoo
I'm the invisible man

[Post-Chorus: Milton Cardona, Willie Colón & Carlos Soto]
Brinde a la Rosa
Y al hombre que no vive
Perdido en un sueño
En un atmósfera imposible

Una Rosa, sueño imposible
Una Rosa, sueño imposible
No queda nada
Solo la lluvia irresistible
Tatuaje de la Rosa, pero el hombre es invisible

Una Rosa, sueño imposible
Una Rosa, no queda nada

[Interlude]

[Verse 3: David Byrne]
Now I haven't seen you for ages
Come in, come out of the rain
Open the doorway and climb up the stairs
This is the bedroom where we said our prayers

[Chorus]
I'll drink to you
The rose tattoo
I'm the invisible man
The singer's playin' "Fly Me to the Moon"
And I'm in heaven again

[Post-Chorus: Milton Cardona, Willie Colón & Carlos Soto]
Brinde a la Rosa
Y al hombre que no vive
Perdido en un sueño
En un atmósfera imposible

Una Rosa, sueño imposible
Una Rosa, sueño imposible
No queda nada
Solo la lluvia irresistible
Tatuaje de la rosa
Pero el hombre es invisible

Una Rosa, sueño imposible
Una Rosa, no queda nada

[Chorus: David Byrne]
I'll drink to you
The rose tattoo
I'm the invisible man
Long live the king
Nothing remains
Only a rose tattoo