Lyrics to
Tattoo Vampire

This version of Tattoo Vampire was released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1976.

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I went down last night with a tattoo madam
To a nude dagger fantasy domain
Wrapped in hell, I lost my breath
Chest to stimulating chinese breast

Grisly smiles, that don’t flake off
Corny-colored demons leering
Vampire photos, sucking the skin

Seeding the night at the inker’s parlor
Flash permabrand pricked for a dollar
Her wrist surreal a heart and flying skull
Lettered “Life and love pass swiftly”

Grisly smiles, that don’t flake off
Corny-colored demons leering
Vampire photos, sucking the skin

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About Lyrics and Tattoo Vampire by Blue Oyster Cult

When you decide to study the lyrics to Tattoo Vampire, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Blue Oyster Cult. Some of the lyrics to Tattoo Vampire have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Blue Oyster Cult and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Tattoo Vampire if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Tattoo Vampire" means the words set to the music of Tattoo Vampire, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blue Oyster Cult. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Tattoo Vampire and the lyrics to Tattoo Vampire are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blue Oyster Cult who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tattoo Vampire, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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