Scarred For Life

(album: Scarred For Life - 1982)

I grew up fast on a working class streets
First thing I learned was life don't come cheap
Technical school, it was a waste of time
Making robots for some factory line
Got my first tattoo when I was 16
The rebel had lost his teenage queen
I'd taken a stand for an outlaw's life
My ma's words kept ringing, you're scarred for life

She said, you're scarred, you've been scarred
Scarred for life
(Scarred for life)
I fought my way through the trouble and strife
I was scarred (Scarred for life)
My reputation, it cuts like a knife

I spend some time a guest of the state
I got out and wanted to go straight
People don't forgive, the force don't forget
I was jailed for crimes I did not commit
I was scarred, I was scarred

Scarred for life
(Scarred for life)
I fought my way through the trouble and strife
I was scarred (Scarred for life)
My reputation, it cuts like a knife
I was scarred (Scarred for life)
Been up the route, I had a hell of a life
I was scarred (Scarred for life)
I fought my way through the trouble and strife

I fought tooth and nail, every inch of the way
I got scars to prove it
I was in love for keeps that time
But rock and roll was still on my mind
She was young and true and so full of life
And the pain went deep, I was scarred for life
I was scarred
I was scarred
Scarred

Scarred (Scarred for life)
My reputation, it cuts like a knife
I was scarred (Scarred for life)
Been knocked around, I've had a hell of a life
I was scarred, scarred for life (Scarred for life)
Scarred for life
Yes, I've been scarred, scarred for life (Scarred for life)
Scarred for life

Yes, I've been scarred
I've been scarred
Scarred for life