Key: C
Introduction:
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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 drin