Tattoos And Scars Lyrics

Tattoos And 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."