What does Rain on the Scarecrow mean?

John Mellencamp: Rain on the Scarecrow Meaning

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Rain on the Scarecrow Lyrics

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 a fence while grandpa held my hand

Rain on the scarecrow,...

  1. anonymous
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    May 2nd 2016 !⃝

    One of JOHN MELLENCAMP'S classic American song's that was sung in the proud AMERICAN SPIRIT with the collective help of the FARM-AID country and rock star movement to help fight for the American farmers not to lose their farms to foreclosure by the big banks and Government. Where some of these farms have been in the bloodline of some American families for hundreds of years.

  2. anonymous
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    Mar 24th 2011 !⃝

    The song was written for "Farmaid" when John Mellencamp and other singers got together a concert to stop American farmers being
    foreclosed.


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