Rain On The Scarecrow letra

Scarecrow on a wooden cross
Blackbird in the barn
Four hundred empty acres
That used to be my farm
I 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 ol' 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

Well there's ninety-seven crosses
Planted in the courthouse yard
Ninety-seven families
Who lost ninety-seven farms
I think about my grandpa
And my neighbors and my name
And some nights I feel like dyin'
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 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

John Mellencamp - Letras

• 2000 Ad
• A Brand New Song
• A Graceful Fall
• A Little Night Dancin'
• A Ride Back Home
• Again Tonight
• Ain't Even Done With The Night
• All Night Talk Radio
• Alley Of The Angels
• Amen
• American Dream
• American son
• Another Sunny Day 12/25
• Authority Song
• Backbone
• Baltimore Oriole
• Battle Of Angels
• Beige To Beige
• Between A Laugh And A Tear
• Bid Daddy Of Them All
• Born Reckless
• Break Me Off Some
• Brothers
• Can You Take It
• Case 795 (The Family)
• Chance Meeting At The Tarantula
• Cheap Shot
• Check It Out
• Cherry Bomb
• Chestnut Street
• China Girl
• Chinatown
• Circling Around The Moon
• Close Enough
• Clumsy Old World
• Coming Down the Road
• Country Gentleman
• County Fair
• Crazy Island
• Crazy Ones
• Crumblin' Down
• Cuttin' Heads
• Damascus Road (feat. Carlene Carter)
• Dance Naked
• Danger List
• Days Of Farewell
• Death Letter
• Deep Blue Heart
• Diamond Joe
• Do You Believe In Magic
• Do You Think That's Fair
• Don't Forget About Me
• Don't Misunderstand Me
• Don't Need This Body
• Down And Out In Paradise
• Down In The Bottom
• Downtown (feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz & Eric Nally)
• Dream Killing Town
• Each Day Of Sorrow
• Early Bird Cafe
• Easter Eve
• Easy Target
• Eden Is Burning
• Emotional Love
• Empty Hands
• Factory
• Farewell Angelina
• For The Children
• Forgiveness
• Freedom's Road
• French Shoes
• Fruit Trader
• Gearhead
• Get a Leg Up
• Ghost Towns Along the Highway
• Golden Gates
• Good Girls
• Goodnight
• Grandma's Theme
• Grandview (feat. Martina McBride)
• Great Midwest
• Hand To Hold On To
• Hard Times For An Honest Man
• Heaven is a Lonely Place
• Hey God
• High C Cherry
• Hit The Road Jack
• Hot Night In A Cold Town
• Hotdogs And Hamburgers
• Human Wheels
• Hurts So Good
• I Ain't Ever Satisfied
• I Need A Lover
• I Need Somebody
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
• I'm Not Running Anymore
• If I Die Sudden
• In My Time of Dying
• In Our Lives
• Indigo Sunset (feat. Carlene Carter)
• It All Comes True
• It Don't Scare Me None
• J.M.'s Question
• Jack And Diane
• Jackamo Road
• Jackie Brown
• Jackie O
• Jailhouse Rock
• Jena
• Jerry
• Jim Crow
• John Cockers
• John The Revelator
• Junior
• Just Another Day
• Just Like You
• Justice And Independence '85
• Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• Kid Inside
• L.U.V.
• Lafayette
• Large World Turning
• Last Chance
• Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
• Let It All Hang Out
• Let Them Run Your Lives
• Life Is Hard
• Lightning and Luck
• Like A Rolling Stone
• Lonely Ol' Night
• Longest Days
• Love And Happiness
• Love At First Sight
• Lovin' Mother For Ya
• Make Me Feel
• Mansions In Heaven
• Martha Say
• Mean
• Melting Pot
• Miami
• Minutes To Memories
• Miss Missy
• Mobile Blues
• Mr. Bellows
• My Aeroplane
• My Soul's Got Wings (feat. Carlene Carter)
• My Sweet Love
• Night Dancin'
• Night Slumming
• No Better Than This
• No One Cares About Me
• Nothing's For Free
• Now More Than Ever
• Oh Pretty Woman
• One More Trick
• Orpheus Descending
• Our Country
• Paper In Fire
• Peaceful World
• Perfect World
• Pink Houses
• Play Guitar
• Pop Singer
• Positively Crazy
• Pray For Me
• R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
• Rain On The Scarecrow
• Rave On
• Right Behind Me
• Rooty Toot Toot
• Rumbleseat
• Rural Route
• Sad Clowns
• Sad Lady
• Save Some Time To Dream
• Serious Business
• Shy
• Sidewalk and Streetlights
• Small Paradise
• Small Town
• Someday
• Sometimes A Great Notion
• Stones In My Passway
• Sugar Hill Mountain (feat. Carlene Carter)
• Sugar Marie
• Summer Of Love
• Supergirl
• Survive
• Suzanne And The Jewels
• Sweet Evening Breeze
• Take What You Want
• Taxi Dancer
• Teardrops Will Fall
• Thank You
• The Americans
• The Big Jack
• The Breakout
• The End Of The World
• The Eyes Of Portland
• The Face Of The Nation
• The Full Catastrophe
• The Great Midwest
• The Kind of Fella I Am
• The Kindness of Lovers
• The Man Who Sold The World
• The Real Life
• The Same Way I Do
• The So-Called Free
• The West End
• The Whore
• Them Double Blues
• They're So Tough
• Thinking About You
• This May Not Be The End Of The World
• This Time
• Thundering Hearts
• To Live
• To MG
• To The River
• To Washington
• Tonight
• Too Much To Think About
• Too Young To Live
• Troubled Land
• Truth (feat. Lily & Madeleine)
• Twentieth Century Fox
• Under The Boardwalk
• Understated Reverence
• Void In My Heart
• Walk Tall
• Warmer Place to Sleep
• We Are The People
• Weakest Moments
• Welcome To Chinatown
• What If I Came Knockin
• What If I Came Knocking
• What Kind Of Man Am I (feat. Carlene Carter)
• When Jesus Left Birmingham
• When Margaret Comes To Town
• Whenever We Wanted
• Where The Sidewalk Ends
• Where The World Began
• Wild Angel
• Wild Night
• Without A Shot
• Without Expression
• Womem Seem
• Worn Out Nervous Condition
• You Are Blind
• You've Got To Stand For Something
• Young Genocides
• Young Without Lovers
• Your Life Is Now
• Yours Forever