(aaron tippin/michael puryear)

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

• Ain't That a Hell of a Note
• Bayou Baby
• Big Boy Toys
• Country Boy's Tool Box
• For You I Will
• Her
• Honky-tonk Superman
• How's The Radio Know
• I Got It Honest
• I Miss Misbehavin'
• I Promised You The World
• I Was Born With a Broken Heart
• I Wonder How Far It is Over You
• I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
• I'm Leaving
• I've Got a Good Memory
• If I Had to Do It Over
• In My Wildest Dreams
• Kiss This
• Let's Talk About You
• Lookin' Back at Myself
• Lovin' Me Into an Early Grave
• Many, Many, Many Beers Ago
• Mission from Hank
• My Blue Angel
• My Kind of Town
• Nothin' in The World
• People Like Us
• Read Between The Lines
• She Feels Like a Brand New Man Tonight
• She Made a Memory Out of Me
• She's Got a Way of Makin' Me Forget
• Standin' on The Promises
• Ten Pound Hammer
• That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You
• The Best Love We Ever Made
• The Call of The Wild
• The Door
• The Man That Came Between Us
• The Sky's Got The Blues
• The Sound of Your Goodbye
• There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio
• These Sweet Dreams
• This Heart
• Trim Yourself to Fit The World
• Up Against You
• What This Country Needs
• When Country Took The Throne
• Where The Stars & Stripes & Eagle Fly
• Whole Lotta Love on The Line
• Without Your Love
• Working Man's Ph. D.
• You Are The Woman