Story Behind The Song

"I wrote the lyrics for "Scrapes and Bruises" while I was waiting for a connecting flight at a big busy airport hub. I had been literally and figuratively carrying around a lot of heavy baggage. I was exhausted and missing my family after having been physically gone for a week and emotionally gone much longer. I had been lost in my own self-absorbed world. I was worried about going home - worried about whether my family would welcome and want me home. These lyrics stemmed from those feelings and is dedicated to my family. They have loved me unconditionally despite all my scrapes and bruises. I am so very grateful for their love. I hope the sentiment in this song resonates both with those who have experienced many scrapes and bruises and with those who have fully opened their hearts to love, understand, and nurture them." ~Elizabeth Petty~

Lyrics

Oh no I'm no Cinderella there is no doubt
Nor sleeping beauty you once read about
I have traveled the block both ways around
Battled demons on treacherous ground
CHORUS
Oh, please look past my scrapes and bruises
From overuse and years of abuses
Cuz I've bruises on my shins scrapes on my knees
And I can't be hurt.............by more these, no.........
Oh yes I've paid hefty dues, been heavily fined
For trouble I found with axes to grind
I have trusted no one and loved too much
Walked away too fast and longed for your touch
CHORUS
Oh, please look past my scrapes and bruises
From overuse and years of abuses
Cuz, I've got bruises on my arms, scrapes on my wrists
Souvenirs from life's...........turns and twist, oh, oh...
Oh, yes I've made big mistakes still paying the price
Wearing the scars from not being nice
Still stuck in the weeds that block my view
Struggling to find a path more true
CHORUS
Oh, please look past my scrapes and bruises
From overuse and years of abuses
Cuz, I've got bruises of my thoughts scrapes of my tongue
Reminders of the foolish things I've said and done, oh.......

Oh, no you'll never know, all I've been through
I don't deserve someone like you
But you have brought here an open heart
Check out my wounds before we start
CHORUS
Oh, please accept my scrapes and bruises
From over use and years of abuses
Cuz I've got bruises on my heart scrapes of my soul
I can't take it anymore.......I am full......I am full
-Ho-oh-whoa, ho-oh-whoa...........
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