Scarred & Scared Lyrics by Rod Stewart

Scarred & Scared

[rod stewart / gary grainger]

Started out like any one of you
Good intentions and a degree
But one hot night under the neon lights
Killed a boy just seventeen

Now I sit here rainin on my maker
Reprieve is all Im praying for
Lord I fear the hangmans steps approachin
Will the priest knock gently on my door

And I know Ive let my daddy down
And I broke my mothers heart
Id give anything turn back time again
Just give me one more start

I dont need no trial humiliation
Just tell me that Im heaven bound
I dont want no two faced consolation
What use is that to me six feet underground

Im going down to the engine shed
Put a gun up to my head
Blow myself into the promised land
We call it scarred and scared
And if you ever see my son again
Dont let on just how I fared
Tell him, tell him I went down big and strong
I was never, never, never scarred or scared

All the girls that once did gather round me
Have moved along to someone else
Sitting here desperation is my close friend
What Id give to kiss one of them now
Oo yeah Ill take you there
Ill take ya there