song i have to remember

[whitefang17]

a young kid steps in from the cold and orders up a drink
he says dont look suprised old man im older than you think
if i was the talking kind i could tell you a thing or two and since you didnt ask let me show you my tatoos
i got this rose in memphis in a back old alley dump
picked this eagle up in dallas man i sure was good and drunk
you know the way i see it if it gets any worse out there a guy like me doesnt have a prayer

the old man poured some coffee said this ones on me lit ???? a cigarette and rolled up his sleeve
do you see what these are
just my ragged old and jagged old endeary 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 daddys farm
you know the way i see it son you aint seen what ive seen cause tatoos and scars are different things

you know ive 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 son yove been out but youre still green cause tatoos and scars are diffrent things

young kid steps in from the cold and orders up a drink
says dont look suprised old man im older than you think