Rod Stewart

Released: November 17, 1978

Songwriter: Gary Grainger Rod Stewart

Producer: Tom Dowd

[Verse 1]
Started out like anyone of you
Good intentions and a degree
But one hot night under the neon lights
Killed a boy just 17
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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

[Verse 5]
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
Ooh, yeah I'll take you there
I'll take ya there

A legend in the rock-n-roll genre, Roderick “Rod” Stewart has sold over 100 million records worldwide with a career spanning over 60 years. He has had 6 consecutive number one albums in the UK, and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position, including has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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