Body Beautiful

Have you met grandmother, covered in tattoos
Addicted to graffiti since she's 22
Once they were fire-fierce pictures
Dragons colored bright
Now the colors faded, just blue guiding lines

Pre-chorus:
Once homesick sailors so young
Out for the night having fun
To show their buddies they're so strong
Tattooed with a heart that says "MOM"

Chorus:
The body beautiful
So show your mark
The body beautiful
Just show your mark

Verse 2:
An' her skin looks dirty, from the needles' ink
Every outline moves under old wrinkled skin
It was quite a fashion back in her younger days
Now it's gone full circle, young kids go the same way
Do you ever get the strange need?
The needle, the ink makes you bleed
The picture is permanently fixed
Does a lifetime of doubt follow it

Chorus:
The body beautiful
So show your mark
The body beautiful
Just show your mark

Pre-chorus:
Once homesick sailors so young
Out for the night having fun
To show their buddies they're so strong
Tattooed with a heart that says "MOM"

Chorus:
The body beautiful
So show your mark
The body beautiful
Just show your mark

Make me bleed
The body beautiful
So show your mark

(Make me bleed)

The body beautiful
Just show your mark