Tattoos & Scars Lyrics

Young kid stepped in from the cold
He ordered up a drink
He said, Don't look surprised old man
I'm older than you think.
If i was the talkin' kind
I could tell you a thing or two
And since you didn't ask
Let me show you my tattoos.
He said, I got this rose in memphis
In some back old alley dump.
Picked this eagle up in Dallas.
Man, I sure was good and drunk
And you know the way I see it
If it gets any worse out there
A guy like me hasn't got a prayer.
The old man poured some coffee
He said, This one's on me.
Set down his cigarette
And rolled up his sleeve
Take a good look here my friend.
You see what these are?
Just my ragged old
and jagged ordinary scars.
he said, I got this one in paris
In a war 'fore you were born.
And this one when I was half your age
Workin' on my daddy's farm.
And you know the way I see it
Son you ain't seen what I've seen.
'Cause tattoos and scars
Are different things.
He said, I've been here
For all these years
And what I know is this:
If you look and listen close
A man will show you what he is.
You know the way i see it.
You've been 'round
But you're still green.
'Cause tattoos and scars
are different things.
Young kid stepped in from the cold
And he ordered up a drink
He said, Don't look surprised old man
I'm older than you think.

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