Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Rain On The Scarecrow, artist - John Mellencamp. Album song Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 18.10.2004
Record label: Island Records release;
Song language: English
Rain On The Scarecrow |
Scarecrow on a wooden cross |
Blackbird in the barn |
Four hundred empty acres |
That used to be my farm |
Grew up like my daddy did |
My grandpa cleared this land |
When I was five |
I walked the fence while Grandpa held my hand |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
This land fed a nation |
This land made me proud |
And son, I`m just sorry |
There`s no legacy for you now |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
The crops we grew last summer |
Weren`t enough to pay the loans |
Couldn`t buy the seed to plant this spring |
And the Farmers' Bank foreclosed |
Called my old friend Schepman |
Up to auction off the land |
He said: |
«John, it`s just my job |
And I hope you understand.» |
Hey, calling it your job, ole hoss |
Sure don`t make it right |
But if you want me to |
I`ll say a prayer for your soul tonight |
And grandma`s on the front porch swing |
With a Bible in her hand |
Sometimes I hear her singing |
Take me to the Promised Land |
When you take away a man`s dignity |
He can`t work his fields and cows |
There`ll be |
Blood on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
Blood on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
There`s 97 crosses |
Planted in the courthouse yard |
Ninety-seven families who |
Lost ninety-seven farms |
I think about my grandpa |
My neighbors and my name |
And some nights |
I feel like dying |
Like that scarecrow in the rain |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
This land fed a nation |
This land made me proud |
And son, I`m just sorry |
They`re just memories for you now |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
This land fed a nation |
This land made me so proud |
Son, I`m just sorry |
They`re just memories for you now |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |
Rain on the scarecrow |
Blood on the plow |