Tattoos of Life

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 heartHobos 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 chainsLife 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 lifeThe 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