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Don't Wake The Scarecrow Lyrics
Would you love me
If I told you I was born upstream
If I told you I come from money
White money
Would you love me
Would you love me
Well, I was born down
By a bad little river in a poor town
Where an indian-giver put a board out
It said "Boarding House"
Call him Scarecrow
He kept whores around
And I'd go there
I'd wait my turn on the broke stairs
And get me the girl with the gold hair
Aw yeah, leave your clothes there
On the folding chair
In that cold room
Your breath would twist just like ghosts do
You said, "Call me Dorothy in red shoes"
And the bed moved
The bed moved
The bed moved
Tracy, don't you wake that scarecrow tonight
Well, the man would come in
It's hard living right giving head when
The sad days of winter have set in
And the medicine for an addict is heroin
I'd find you there in the bath
We'd cook up your shit in a tin can
And you started calling me Tin Man
And we started making plans to begin again
Begin again
You saved a C note
Told me you felt like a seagull
Told me to meet at the depot
With the needle, then maybe we'd go
To Reno
Where you'd be my desert dove
And we'd find a way to make better love
Said, "Baby, that's how the West was won"
And the blood-red sun
Yeah, the blood-red sun
And the blood-red sun
Tracy, don't you wake that scarecrow tonight
Well, the man cries,
"Who gives a damn when a tramp dies?"
But I loved you there in the lamp light
With your bare thighs
And the halo of your hair alive
And all my lifelong
I'll never shake off your siren song
And all of your talk about dying young
With an iron lung and that crazy way
You said, "Simon,
I think I might stay here with Scarecrow tonight
Simon, I think I'm gonna stay here with Scarecrow tonight."
If I told you I was born upstream
If I told you I come from money
White money
Would you love me
Would you love me
By a bad little river in a poor town
Where an indian-giver put a board out
It said "Boarding House"
Call him Scarecrow
He kept whores around
I'd wait my turn on the broke stairs
And get me the girl with the gold hair
Aw yeah, leave your clothes there
On the folding chair
Your breath would twist just like ghosts do
You said, "Call me Dorothy in red shoes"
And the bed moved
The bed moved
The bed moved
It's hard living right giving head when
The sad days of winter have set in
And the medicine for an addict is heroin
We'd cook up your shit in a tin can
And you started calling me Tin Man
And we started making plans to begin again
Begin again
Told me you felt like a seagull
Told me to meet at the depot
With the needle, then maybe we'd go
To Reno
And we'd find a way to make better love
Said, "Baby, that's how the West was won"
And the blood-red sun
Yeah, the blood-red sun
And the blood-red sun
"Who gives a damn when a tramp dies?"
But I loved you there in the lamp light
With your bare thighs
And the halo of your hair alive
I'll never shake off your siren song
And all of your talk about dying young
With an iron lung and that crazy way
I think I might stay here with Scarecrow tonight
Simon, I think I'm gonna stay here with Scarecrow tonight."
Song Info
Submitted by
besubversive On Apr 23, 2008
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Haunting isn't it? And so tragic that they talk of starting again but she can't pull herself away from the profession that pays for her habit.
I would suggest that rather than "Simon", he sings "silent, I think I might stay hear with Scarecrow tonight".
Silent seems more appropriate as it won't wake Scarecrow.
These guys, and I suspect Ian felice inparticular, write some awesome lyrics. Listen closely to Frankies Gun and a seemingly fun song becomes much darker. I've put my interpretation on this site, it really is extremely clever.
This and Ballad of Lou the Welterweight are my fave Felice Brothers' songs. The whole Yellow Brick Road movie that plays out here is awesome...and the cast of characters: Dorothy, Tin Man and the Scarecrow himself. It's the little details that really make it, things like "Aw yeah, leave your clothes there on the folding chair" which almost spells out the transient nature of the sex on offer along with the bleak functionality of the room in question. It's the basis of a whole novel yet it fits into a song perfectly. Such style and economy of writing. Definitely in my top 10 songs of all time.
I adore this song. One of my favorites ever. I can't wait to see the Felices' live!!
CORRECTIONS: "And the medicine for an addict is heroin" medicine for a mannequin. "And the halo of your hair alive" halo of your hair line "I'll never shake off your siren song" SILENT song.
This is a good song, although a bit sad...
The Felice Brothers are magnificent but this might just be their finest song. It's like early Tom Waits for the picture it creates...waiting on the broke stairs for the prostitute and the seediness of the folding chair for the punter's clothes. But what an idea 'call me Dorthy in red shoes' and then, one verse later he's; in a relationship with her and on their Yellow Brick Road he's become the Tin Man. But escape is never likely and the song ends with the idea that she's back with the scarecrow (the pimp)leaving him just with the memories:" But I...
The Felice Brothers are magnificent but this might just be their finest song. It's like early Tom Waits for the picture it creates...waiting on the broke stairs for the prostitute and the seediness of the folding chair for the punter's clothes. But what an idea 'call me Dorthy in red shoes' and then, one verse later he's; in a relationship with her and on their Yellow Brick Road he's become the Tin Man. But escape is never likely and the song ends with the idea that she's back with the scarecrow (the pimp)leaving him just with the memories:" But I loved you there in the lamp light / With your bare thighs / And the halo of your hairline / And all my lifelong / I'll never shake off your siren song..." Utterly magnificent.
WoW
Well, the man would come in It's hard living right giving head when<<<<<this has got to be a mistake change to : The sad days of winter have set in And the medicine for an addict is heroin
This song was written by Simon(E) Felice. The songs he sings are the ones that he composes, usually. When "Simon" is sung in the song, he really is singing Simon, not silent.
Personally I think Simone writes some of the more compelling songs that I love by the brothers. I read an interview where James and Ian discussed that Simone said this song was very truthful. There wasn't detail as to how or why, but take it for it is.
Probably my favorite part of the song here:
"maybe we'd go to Reno Where you'd be my desert dove And we'd find a way to make better love Said, "Baby, that's how the West was won"
This song was written by Simon(E) Felice. The songs he sings are the ones that he composes, usually. When "Simon" is sung in the song, he really is singing Simon, not silent.
Personally I think Simone writes some of the more compelling songs that I love by the brothers. I read an interview where James and Ian discussed that Simone said this song was very truthful. There wasn't detail as to how or why, but take it for it is.
Probably my favorite part of the song here:
"maybe we'd go to Reno Where you'd be my desert dove And we'd find a way to make better love Said, "Baby, that's how the West was won"