This Tattoo

Story Behind The Song

Jim Malec contributed the title, original concept and much of the lyrics

Song Description

I got a heart tattoo with your initials inside because I am totally in love with you, but now you left and THIS TATTOO is a constant, painful reminder of you

Song Length 3:35 Genre Country - Contemporary, Pop - General
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Heartbreaking, Moving Subject Heartbreak, Breaking Up
Similar Artists Sheryl Crow, Trisha Yearwood Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

I've got a heart I wear on my left shoulder
With your initials carved inside
Three little letters written in a color
That matches the red in my eyes
And it's not that big it's not that bold
If you see this heart you'd probably never know

How much it hurts
How deep the colors run
How that ink burns
Like I?ve been branded
There?s not a day
I don't feel it there
The scar won?t fade
You left me stranded
I?m still in love with you
And that's why (I hate/I need/I?ll keep) THIS TATTOO

This mark's become a constant reminder
And now I wish I'd picked the rose
But I was sure we?d last forever
So it was you that I chose
Tell me how to get you out of me
Don?t you care at all can?t you even see

CHORUS

Another tattoo could disguise it
But nothing I do can hide

CHORUS

Lyrics Donna Opfer, Jim Malec Music Donna Opfer
Producer Galen Breen, Nashville Performance Julie Burton, Vocalist

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