Lyrics to
Scarred And Scared

This version of Scarred And Scared was released by Rod Stewart in 1978.

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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

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Rod Stewart has released many songs over the years besides Scarred And Scared. Rod Stewart released songs from 1969 to 2005 spanning across albums like An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment, Smiler, Atlantic Crossing, A Night On The Town, Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Blondes Have More Fun, Foolish Behavior, Tonight I'm Yours, Body Wishes, Camouflage, Every Beat Of My Heart, Out Of Order, Vagabond Heart, Lead Vocalist, Unplugged... And Seated, A Spanner In The Works, If We Fall In Love Tonight, When We Were The New Boys, Human, It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook, Stardust...The Great American Songbook: Volume III, and Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook: Volume IV. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rod Stewart.

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About Lyrics and Scarred And Scared by Rod Stewart

The lyrics to Scarred And Scared are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Rod Stewart in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Scarred And Scared are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Rod Stewart and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Scarred And Scared back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Scarred And Scared by Rod Stewart in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Scarred And Scared" means the words set to the music of Scarred And Scared, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Scarred And Scared and the lyrics to Scarred And Scared are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Scarred And Scared, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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