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Scarecrow

Melissa Etheridge

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Scarecrow

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Showers of your crimson bloodSeep into a nation calling up a floodOf narrow minds who legislateThinly veiled intoleranceBigotry and hateBut they tortured and burned youThey beat you and they tied youThey left you cold and breathingFor love they crucified youI can't forget hard as I tryThis silhouette against the skyScarecrow cryingWaiting to die wondering whyScarecrow tryingAngels will hold carry your soul awayThis was our brotherThis was our sonThis shepherd young and mildThis unassuming oneWe all gasp this can't happen hereWe're all much too civilizedWhere can these monsters hideBut they are knocking on our front doorThey're rocking in our cradlesThey're preaching in our churchesAnd eating at our tablesI search my soulMy heart and in my mindTo try and find forgivenessThis is someone childWith pain unreconciledFilled up with father's hateMother's neglectI can forgive But I will not forgetScarecrow cryingWaiting to die wondering whyScarecrow tryingRising above all in the name of love
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