Tatouage - Generation Of Scars

17 janvier 2012

Marked For Life

That was thirty years ago

30 years later...

Carnaby Street, London, 2nd april 2011 (photo extract from "Skinhead Revolt" website)

Rose Tattoo : "Scarred For Life"

I grew up fast on a working class street

First thing I learned was life don't come cheap

Technical school it was a waste of time

Makin' 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 ringin', your 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 spent some time a guest of the state

I got out and wanted to go straight

People don't forgive, the police 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 knocked around 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'n'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 had a hell of a life
I was scarred, scarred for life, scarred for life
Yes I've been scarred, scarred for life, scarred for life

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