Rick Kennedy
Battered and Blue
Lyrics
Battered and Blue
(Like an Old Dodge I Knew)

Sometimes I feel like an old steering wheel
Been turned around so many times
That I don't know what is real
So much like an old machine whose vital gears are worn
I can't take back the miles I've gone and I need to be reborn

That long winding highway like to bring me to my knees
Got one light in the ditches and another light in the trees
Still I seem to find a way cross another rocky lane
As if I'd always known that there is no way round the pain

I'm battered and blue like an old Dodge I knew
Have trouble getting started, I been stuck a time or two
There's dents on ever corner man
I guess I've paid my dues
I'm battered and blue, I'm battered and blue

So stitched and patched together I can barely hold my own
So far into the darkness that I'm at the break of dawn
If I ever find a way that will let me lose my load
I'll follow that old highway like a friend I always known.


I'm battered and blue like an old Dodge I knew
Have trouble getting started, I been stuck a time or two
There's dents on ever corner man
I guess I paid my dues
I'm battered and blue, I'm battered and blue
I'm battered and blue, I'm battered and blue

Credits
Lyrics Credits: Rick Kennedy
Music Credits: Rick Kennedy
Producer Credits: Rick Kennedy
Publisher Credits: Rick Kennedy Ranger Music
Performance Credits: Rick Kennedy
Label Credits: N/A
Description
Short Song Description:
Life compared to an old Dodge
Long Song Description:
Living up on on old road in the mountains of Colorado dodging elk and deer the old dodge made its way home, busted radiator, broken ball joints and dented on every corner its life was much like its driver's
Story Behind the Song:
A 73 Dodge Dart has a life that resembles the authors much too closely
Metadata
Song Length: 2:57
Primary Genre: Blues-Rock
Secondary Genre: Country-Contemporary
Tempo: Medium Slow (91 - 110)
Lead Vocal: Male Vocal
Subject Matter 1: Life
Subject Matter 2: Sadness
Mood 1: Moving
Language: English
Era: 2000 and later