| John Mellencamp – Rain On The Scarecrow Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Hello...Like you, I love this song. I wanted to offer you my opinion as to what the line "rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow" means. The song is about farms failing and being foreclosed. Beneath it all there is a question, namely, why have they failed? I think this line addresses that. It isn't because of drought or an act of God (there is, after all, rain on the scarecrow), and it isn't due to a lack of work ethic on the part of the farmers. The blood on the plow refers to an old farming ideal wherein people often were said to have "bled" for their land. Have you ever heard someone say, "I have put my blood, sweat and tears" into something for which they have worked very hard. Anyway, that is just my opinion. I think the line is intended to place the blame for the loss of these farms squarely on the banks and politicians. | |
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