Dance of the Black Tattoo Live by Magnum (Band) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Now every day the quiet dead
Will follow in your footsteps
They fill your dreams with awful dread
And walk in silence through
No holy names will comfort thee
Or justify your feelings
I'm only glad it's you, not me
Will dance the black tattoo

[Chorus]
Your diary's empty
So there's no past
You can't remember
What you did last
Your diary's empty
No words to read
No misconception
It can't mislead
Oh, yeah
[Verse 2]
You take a chance and play the game
With deeds of blood and murder
Whatever comes, it's all the same
You know it's up to you
You live your life on borrowed time
It's playing tricks to fool ya
Now, it's not like a nursery rhyme, oh
Where all good things come true, oh, yeah

[Chorus]
Your diary's empty
The pages white
So nothing happened
For you to write
Your diary's empty
Too late to cry
No concentration
The thought has died

[Instrumental Bridge]
Yeah

[Chorus]
Your diary's empty
So there's no past
You can't remember
What you did last
Your diary's empty
No words to read
No misconception
It can't mislead
Your diary's empty
The pages white
So nothing happened
For you to write
Your diary's empty
Too late to cry
No concentration
The thought has died
Oh, yeah
[Outro]
Woah, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Woah, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Woah, yeah
Yeah
Oh, yeah