[Verse 1]
It was 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"

[Verse 2]
We ended up drunk at some ole ink shop
She said, "Get my name"
I said, "Hell, why not?"
She didn't have to work too hard to talk me into

[Refrain]
Mmm, tattoo on a sunburn

[Chorus]
And everytime 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 guеss some people nеver do
Losing you is the only thing worse
Than, a tattoo on a sunburn

[Verse 3]
As I held her on her hotel balcony
I remember wishing she would come back with me
Guess a boy can dream
But we both knew it wouldn't work
[Verse 4]
When I came too, she was already gone
Hammer down, due west to Arkansas
I laughed through the pain and swore it didn't hurt

[Refrain]
Mmm, tattoo on a sunburn

[Chorus]
And everytime 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 is the only thing worse
Than, a tattoo on a sunburn

[Bridge]
It's covered up with some new ink now
The rest of 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
When they're stackin' the chairs right before the tide
I can still hear her voice come crashing down with the waves

[Chorus]
Everytime 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 is the only thing worse
Than, a tattoo on a sunburn
A tattoo on a sunburn