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Mary steers clear of the men from space
Back alley kid with an American face
She wants the wine, he brings a case
To carry them on through
I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys
Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce
They bang the drum, she sets the beat
They carry Miss America out into the street
She sings, "Snowman, scarecrow, John Doe, Buffalo."

I wish you wouldn't go
I got the arms to reach you
I am the scarecrow
(Do do...)
Oh, I guess you ought to know
I got the hands to teach you
I am the scarecrow
Snowman sideshow, oh

I fell out of love in the snowbound days
Riding the subway in a Valium haze
I need the whites, she gets the blues
It carries us on through
All these American boys at the Park 'n' Shop
Selling their memories for a dollar a pop
Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan
Corners the market on American tastes
And says, "spaceman, scarecrow, peep show, freak show."

I wish you wouldn't go
I got the arms to reach you
I am the scarecrow
(Do do...)
Oh, I guess you ought to know
That I got the hands to teach you
I am the scarecrow
Mmm, Punk rock video...

All the sudden, light inside you dies
Maybe you're going on alone
Maybe you're going all alone
She dreams of sunlight, sings of smaller things
White sugar bowls and wedding rings
And you're going on from me alone
You're going on, you're on your own

She was married alive in a Moscow surgery
Hoping to die in a Cold War nursery
All of the kids back home
Believe in much more than we do
And it's a memory play where the memory fades
Into pictures you took, into records we played
Spy Versus Spy, scarecrow and I
Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly
Singing, "Spaceman, smokeshow, scarecrow, Geronimo"

I wish you wouldn't go
I got the arms to reach you
I am the scarecrow
(Do do...) No, no...
Oh, I guess you ought to know
I got the hands to teach you
I am the scarecrow
Snowman Freakshow, come on, come on, come on
I wish you wouldn't go
But I got the arms to reach you
I am the scarecrow
(Do do...) Oh, hell no
Oh, I guess you ought to know
That I got the hands to teach you
I am the scarecrow
Listen on the midnight radio, radio, stand up, go
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nikkus34 On Sep 13, 2014
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by jasonwilliam1900

What does this song mean? Need an interpretation soon. Thanks

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by richie1066

@jasonwilliam1900 .... As with every work of art ... the meaning is entirely up to you. I am a Huge fan of music that is lyrically meaningful and poetic. Counting Crows offers that in there music ... along with other artist like Sting. As an artist myself ... I can share my personal thought on this song. I am Scarecrow ... I have arms that can reach you ... What is a scarecrows one and only job? To frighten off birds that come and eat the crops ... I have arms that can reach you ... "give you what...

by richie1066

@jasonwilliam1900 .... As with every work of art ... the meaning is entirely up to you. I am a Huge fan of music that is lyrically meaningful and poetic. Counting Crows offers that in there music ... along with other artist like Sting. As an artist myself ... I can share my personal thought on this song. I am Scarecrow ... I have arms that can reach you ... What is a scarecrows one and only job? To frighten off birds that come and eat the crops ... I have arms that can reach you ... "give you what...