Me and my brother were talkin' 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      Our old man didn't like our appearance   He said that only women wear long hair      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      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      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      Welcome to my life, tattoo   We've a long time together, me and you   I expect I'll regret you   But the skin graft man won't get you   You'll be there when I die, tattoo      Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over   My wife is tattooed too   A rooty-toot-toot, rooty-tooty-toot-toot   Rooty-toot-toot tattoo too   To you