Steve Wariner - Tattoos Of Life lyrics

(max d. barnes/steve wariner) (track 14 - time 3:10) When you've hitched every highway And rode all the rails You're no longer afraid of the dark You get tougher than leather and harder than nails When you've earned all the scars on your heart Hobos and hereos, bankers and bums In some ways we're all the same We all have to pay for the deeds that we've done And wind up just dragging those chains Life paints a picture that time can't erase And sometimes it cuts like a knife Sooner or later one way or another We all wear the tattoos of life The glory in living Is just running the race Not whether you win or you fail The lines like a road map Will show on your face And your eyes tell the rest of the tale Life paints a picture that time can't erase And sometimes it cuts like a knife Sooner or later one way or another We all wear the tattoos of life The tattoos of life