Mongomery Gentry / Tattoos and Scars
Album: Tattoos and Scars
Transcribed by: Kevin Miner

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Young kid stepped in from the cold and ordered up a drink

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He said don't look surprised old man I'm older than you think

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If I was the talkin kind I could tell you a thing or two

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And since you didn't ask let me show you my tattoos.

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I got this rose in Memphis in some back ole alley dump

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Picked this eagle up in Dallas man I sure was good and drunk

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You know the way I see it if it gets any worse out there

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A guy like me doesn't have a prayer

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The old man poured some coffee and said this ones on me

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Set down his cigarette and rolled up his sleeve

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Take a good look here my friend do you see what these are

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Just my ragged ole & jagged old and dearest scars

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He said I got this one in Paris in a war 'fore you were born

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And this one when I was half your age workin on my daddys farm

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You know the way I see it you aint seen what I've seen

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cause tattoos and scars are different things

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I've been here for all these years and what I know is this

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If you look and listen close a man will show you what he is

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You know the way I see it you been around but your still green

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cause tattoos and scars are different things

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Young kid stepped in from the cold and ordered up a  drink