Old Jack's Charms Lyrics - Marc Almond

It was in the tattoo parlour 

Where he engraved their names 

Words a winding round his shoulders 

Reminders now he's older 

In the magic of the parlour 

Down his arm unwinds a story 

Love and hate and Mum and Dad 

In flames of hope and glory 

A mermaid and a schooner 

Tells us he was once at sea 

A heart pierced by an arrow 

Tells us once more in love was he 

And a dragon spitting fire 

He's forgotten what that's for 

But tattooed on his mind 

Is a reminder of the war 

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He gave up tattooing lovers 

Where no room for any others 

A line through every sweetheart 

With another etched below 

In every port a stormy girl 

They loved him and they loved him so 

Each one for all to see adorned 

With Cupids and with bows 

A mermaid and a schooner 

Tells us he was once at sea 

A heart pierced by an arrow 

Tells us once more in love was he 

and a dragon spitting fire 

He's forgotten what that's for 

But tattooed on his mind is a reminder of war 

Photos 

In the magic of the parlour 

Swapping laughter swapping stories 

Where the words are often hard 

And the air is always blue 

He remembers all his mates from then 

He lost a couple maybe ten 

Their headstone on his forearm as a crucifix tattoo 

Now he leans upon the bar 

With a mysterious air 

And the ladies gather round 

To view his decorated arms 

He'll tell them of each scroll and line 

And other scars not so fine 

And they always want to see 

A little more of Old Jacks Charms 

A mermaid and a schooner ...