It was the summer after my senior year

We spent the whole week out on that pier

She said, "boy I think I love you," I said, "I love you, too"

We ended up drunk at some old ink shop

She said, "get my name," I said, "hell, why not?"

She didn't have to work too hard to talk me into

Ooh a tattoo on a sunburn.

Every time that saltwater breeze blows in

I find myself laying right there in

A kicked back jet black leather seat

The hum and the buzz and the sting of that needle

Faded away but I guess some people never do

Losing you's the only thing worse

Than a tattoo on a sunburn.

As I held her on her hotel balcony

I remember wishin' she would come back with me

Guess a boy can dream but we both knew it wouldn't work

When I came to she was already gone

Hammered down due west to arkansas

And I laughed through the pain and swore it didn't hurt

Ooh a tattoo on a sunburn.

Every time that saltwater breeze blows in

I find myself laying right there in

A kicked back jet black leather seat

The hum and the buzz and the sting of that needle

Faded away but I guess some people never do

Losing you's the only thing worse

Than a tattoo on a sunburn.

It's covered up with some new ink now

And the rest the world ain't got a clue about

The name of a girl that I ain't seen since that day

I don't think about her all the time

But when they're stackin' the chairs right before the tide

I can still hear her voice come crashing down with the waves.

Every time that saltwater breeze blows in

I find myself laying right there in

A kicked back jet black leather seat

The hum and the buzz and the sting of that needle

Faded away but I guess some people never do

Losing you's the only thing worse

Than a tattoo on a sunburn.

A tattoo on a sunburn.