And since you didn't ask, let me show you my tattoos
And you know the way I see it, Son, you ain't seen what I've seen
He said, “I got this rose in Memphis in some back old alley dump
Just my ragged old and jagged ordinary scars"
'Cause tattoos and scars are different things”
Picked this eagle up in Dallas, man, I sure was good and drunk
And this one when I was half your age workin' on my daddy's farm
If you look and listen close, a man will show you what he is
And you know the way I see it, if it gets any worse out there
Said, "Take a good look, here my friend, you see what these are
You know the way I see it, you've been 'round just still green
If I was a talkin' kind I could tell you a thing or two
Young kid stepped in from the cold, he ordered up a drink
He said, “I've been here for all these years and what I know is this
'Cause tattoos and scars are different things”
Sat down his cigarette and rolled up his sleeve
The old man poured some coffee, he said, "This one's on me"
He said, “I got this one in Paris in a war 'fore you were born
A guy like me hasn't got a prayer”
