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Artist: Sade
Track: Like A Tattoo

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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

"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

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

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

I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
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Sade – Like a Tattoo
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
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Genius Deutsche Übersetzungen – Sade - Like a Tattoo (Deutsche Übersetzung)
[Deutscher Songtext zu "Like a Tattoo"] / Er erzählte mir süße Lügen von süßer Liebe / Schwer mit der Last der Wahrheit / Und er sprach von seinen Träumen / Gebrochen von der Last
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Sade has 212 songs with the most popular being By Your Side, Like a Tattoo and Smooth Operator.