Tatoo is a great song because it reveals so much
in what is said. It has elements of defeatist self pity like so many country songs and yet there is a triumph of love amid the tragedy conveyed in the song. The failure of the night, the druncken indiscretion of wandering back into the parlor actualy becomes a sacred meditation upon the permanence of love and friendship The Tatoo didn't cost much but it blumes on forever like true love. You can't purchas it. When you have it you are stuck with it, even when you are drinking too much and wandering into tatoo parlors. The song has a good melody as well and starts out like a last ditch letter to a lost friend. Whatever you think of me I'm still your friend so other than nothin whats new. You don't know how many times I have wanted to say just that to a lost friend whom I still love.
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