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Current version of John Mellencamp Lyrics Rain On the Scarecrow (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/john-mellencamp/rain-on-the-scare...) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of John Mellencamp Lyrics Rain On the Scarecrow (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/john-mellencamp/rain-on-the-scare...) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| 1 | (John Mellencamp/George M. Green) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Scarecrow on a wooden cross, blackbird in the barn | Scarecrow on a wooden cross, blackbird in the barn | |||||||||||||
| Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm | Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm | |||||||||||||
| I grew up like my daddy did, my grandpa cleared this land | I grew up like my daddy did, my grandpa cleared this land | |||||||||||||
| 1 | When I was five, I walked a fence while grandpa held my hand | When I was five I walked the fence while Grandpa held my hand | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | CHORUS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 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 proud | This land fed a nation, this land made me proud | |||||||||||||
| 3 | And son, I'm just sorry, there's no legacy for you now | And son I'm just sorry there's no legacy for you now | 3 | |||||||||||
| Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| 4 | The crops we grew last summer weren't enough to pay the loan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 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 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Couldn't buy the seed to plant this spring and the farmers bank foreclosed | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land | Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land | |||||||||||||
| 6 | He said, "John, it's just my job and I hope you understand" | He said John it's just my job and I hope you understand | 6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Well calling it your job ol' hoss sure don't make it right | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hey, calling it your job, ol' hoss, sure don't make it right | 2 | ||||||||||||
| But if you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight | But if you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight | |||||||||||||
| 8 | And grandma's on the front porch swing with a Bible in her hand | And Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand | 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Sometimes I hear her singing, "Take me to the promised land" | Sometimes i hear her singing, "Take me to the Promised Land." | 9 | |||||||||||
| When you take away a man's dignity he can't work his fields and cows | When you take away a man's dignity he can't work his fields and cows | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| There'll be blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | There'll be blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| Blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Well there's ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Well there’s ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard | Ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms | 11 | |||||||||||
| 12 | And ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms | I think about my grandpa and my neighbors and my name | 12 | |||||||||||
| 4 | I think about my grandpa, my neighbors and my name | 4 | ||||||||||||
| And some nights I feel like dyin' like that scarecrow in the rain | And some nights I feel like dyin' like that scarecrow in the rain | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| 13 | This land fed a nation, yeah, this land made me proud | This land fed a nation, this land made me proud | 13 | |||||||||||
| 14 | And son, I'm just sorry, they're just memories for you now | And son I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now | 14 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| 15 | THis land fed a nationk this land made me proud | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | And son I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Yeah, this land fed a nation, this land made me so proud | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Son, I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow | |||||||||||||
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