Tattoos Of Life Lyrics - Steve Wariner

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 heroes, 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