Tattoo (Live At Leeds)

[Verse 1: Roger Daltry]

Me and my brother were talking to each other

'Bout what makes a man a man

Was it brain, or brawn, or the month you were born?

We just couldn't understand

[Chorus 1: Pete Townshend]

Our old man didn't like our appearance

He said that "Only women wear long hair"

[Verse 2: Roger Daltry]

So me and my brother borrowed money from Mother

We knew what we had to do

We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium

And got our arms tattooed

[Chorus 2: Roger Daltry, Pete Townshend]

Welcome to my life, tattoo

I'm a man now, thanks to you

I expect I'll regret you

But the skin graft man won't get you

You'll be there when I die

Tattoo

[Verse 3: Roger Daltry]

My dad beat me cause mine said "Mother"

But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother

Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude

And my mother thought that was extremely rude

[Chorus 2]

[Verse 4: Roger Daltry]

Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over

My wife is tattooed, too

A-rooty-toot-toot, a-rooty-tooty-toot-toot

Rooty-toot-toot tattoo, too

To you

[Crowd cheering]