Read Between the Lines

[Verse 1]
I've got some mighty tall tales
From livin' hard and fast
I'm a walkin', talkin', livin'
Breathin' portrait of my past
I've double-crossed the devil
Prayed the Lord my soul to keep
Escaped some early graves
By the skin of my teeth
All the deepest secrets of my soul
The world can plainly see
'Cause everything I've ever done
Is written all over me

[Chorus]
If you just read between the lines
Of this well-weathered face of mine
Every wrinkle, every scar was a painful work of art
That reminds me of mistakes that I've made
And no story I can tell could tell it quite as well
As these souvenirs that livin's left behind
So take a long, hard look at the cover of this book
And read between the lines
And read between the lines

[Verse 2]
They might be hard to find
On this rigid face of stone
There are pleasant deep impressions
That are solid as gold
And I'll be the first to tell you
That this ol' boy's been blessed
'Cause even the worst of times
Have turned out for the best
Like roads on a map
They cross a battered stretch of skin
You can trace your way memory lane
To anywhere I've been

[Chorus]
If you just read between the lines
Of this well-weathered face of mine
Every wrinkle, every scar was a painful work of art
That reminds me of mistakes that I've made
And no story I can tell could tell it quite as well
As these souvenirs that livin's left behind
So take a long, hard look at the cover of this book
And read between the lines
And read between the lines