Lyric Scarred And 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