Tinpan Orange - Tattoo on Her Wrist lyrics

One, two, three, four I kiss the ground, I kick the dirt, I call a spade a spade I collect all the feathers in my cap and all the mistakes I've made I'm older now, this business is strange, I've sung a million songs About the ones that I have loved and all that I've done wrong Like a tattoo on your wrist Like a storm upon a cliff We carve ourselves like monuments with ink, with tears, with fists With ink, with tears, with fists Well, some things make a fortune Some things take it away But you only have what you can count in your hand at the end of every day Sometimes we don't know the difference between a sail and a stone One's gonna leave you at the bottom of the sea and the other's gonna take you home Like a tattoo on your wrist Like a storm upon a cliff We carve ourselves like monuments with ink, with tears, with fists With ink, with tears, with fists We build it up, we build it up, we build it up and then We tear it down, we tear it down, so we can start again We build it up, we build it up, we build it up and then We smash it down, we smash it down, so we can start again Like a tattoo on your wrist Like a storm upon a cliff We carve ourselves like monuments with ink, with tears, with fists With ink, with tears, with fists