Scars is a collaborative effort and a standout although it was quickly recorded in about an hour while Darrel Bath and Hunter wrote three or four songs in one day. It's a song about a painful break-up. The entire record was done quickly although Ian felt this song and Never Trust a Blonde were the stand out tracks. There are beautiful keyboard touches by Blue Weaver who toured with Mott The Hoople on their 1973 US tour.
There is also a live version of the song from 2008 with just Steve Holley on drums and James Mastro on guitar.
Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me
1973 and toured with Mott the Hoople on their US tour
Scars
(Ian Hunter/Darrell Bath/Honest John Plain)
Well I still got your blood running through my veins
I still got your blood running through my veins
And even though the circumstances change
I know we never got along - the pieces would not fit
And I still got the scars to show for it
Staring through the window at the rain
Is it me or have all the colours changed?
I was sick with jealousy
I know why you had to split And you still got the scars to prove it.
I can't see them, but I can feel them
They're tearing me up inside
I feel them kicking - I feel them sticking
Like something in me died
And it's all right - I wish you the very best
I just had to get it/this off my chest
People tell me on the street that you don't give a I took that kind of hard
It's just another kind of scar I got to show for it
It's just another scar I got to show for it
I still got your blood running through my vein But I still got your blood running through my vein
I still got your blood running through my vein I say I still got your blood running through my vein
| Scars | 4:47 | Originally issued on Ian Hunter's Dirty Laundry. |
| Scars (live 2nd March 2008) | 4:38 | This live version (recorded at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford England) was issued on Acoustic Shadows (box set only). |