[Verse 1]
Boots on the bar rail
Name tag still on my chest
Dog tags tap the shot glass
Laughing like we never bled
Old ink peeling on my knuckles
Her face faded on my arm
We trade scars like playing cards
Daring each other to show the dark
[Chorus]
Tattoos
Whiskey
And war stories (hey!)
Sing it loud so the ghosts march home
Left-right-left through the hurt and the glory
Every line on my skin
Every sip
Every sin
Tattoos
Whiskey
And war stories
[Verse 2]
"Remember that night in the desert?"
"Remember that kid at the gate?"
We talk tough
Choke up mid-sentence
Then hide our eyes in the flame
Jukebox humming a battle hymn
Boot heel pounding the floor
We still hear the sergeant shouting
As we stomp in time to the door
[Chorus]
Tattoos
Whiskey
And war stories (oh!)
Sing it loud so the ghosts march home
Left-right-left through the hurt and the glory
Every line on my skin
Every sip
Every sin
Tattoos
Whiskey
And war stories
[Bridge]
Sound off
Who are we?
(One, two) Just trying to sleep
Sound off
What’d we see?
(One, two, three, four) Too much to keep
[Chorus]
Tattoos
Whiskey
And war stories
Sing it loud so the ghosts march home
Left-right-left through the hurt and the glory
Every line on my skin
Every sip
Every sin
Till the last round’s poured
And they lock that door
It’s tattoos
Whiskey
And war stories