Scarecrow
Showers of your crimson bloodSeep into a nation calling up a floodOf narrow minds who legislateThinly veiled intoleranceBigotry and hate
But they tortured and burned youThey beat you and they tied youThey left you cold and breathingFor love they crucified you
I can't forget hard as I tryThis silhouette against the sky
Scarecrow cryingWaiting to die wondering whyScarecrow tryingAngels will hold carry your soul away
This 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 hide
But they are knocking on our front doorThey're rocking in our cradlesThey're preaching in our churchesAnd eating at our tables
I 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 forget
Scarecrow cryingWaiting to die wondering whyScarecrow tryingRising above all in the name of love