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Cross With A Crown Shoulder Tattoo
Randy Finchum (Plenty Of Finch –SESAC)
©2021

I got it on a midnight in July 2009
On a road trip that I took right after he died
At a shady ole strip mall down in Myrtle Beach
In a little bitty shop called Palmetto Ink

Felt like sandpaper on my skin
When that gun was buzzin’ coloring it in

It’s black and it’s red, says the word “Dad”
Gold ribbon with the date he took his final breath
It’ll stay with me forever like his memory will too
A Cross with a crown shoulder tattoo

A tribute to a man who always loved me no matter what
Who dang sure deserved much than what he got
And a reminder to tell folks you love ‘em every chance you get
Put it off till tomorrow and that’s something that you’ll regret

Yea my guilt and this ink will fade
But they’re both with me till my dying day

It’s black and it’s red, says the word “Dad”
Gold ribbon with the date he took his final breath
It’ll stay with me forever, like his memory will too
A Cross with a crown shoulder tattoo

I see it in the mirror every morning waking up
And when I wrap my arms around the woman that I love
Sometimes I catch a glimpse of it sticking out under my sleeve
And I remember the man he was and the man I want to be

It’s black and it’s red, says the word “Dad”
Gold ribbon with the date he got called home to Heaven
It’ll stay with me forever, like his memory will too
A Cross with a crown shoulder tattoo

Now he’s up there with Jesus and down here with me
On my Cross with a crown shoulder tattoo