Read Between The Lines Lyrics - Aaron Tippin

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 

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 can 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 

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 through memory lane to anywhere I've been 

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 can 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