i'm really surprised i'm the first to comment on this song.. I love this song, its just an all around good song.
Its pretty obvious what this song is about, its about john, or maybe just someone in general losing there family land that had been passed down from generation to generation to the bank, cause the man couldn't pay his loans to the bank, and now his son wont enjoy the land and heiritage that he enjoyed. All in all it really is a sad song.
I dont quite get the metaphor in the chorus "rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow, if anyone cares to help me out, itd be nice.
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...
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.
i'm really surprised i'm the first to comment on this song.. I love this song, its just an all around good song.
Its pretty obvious what this song is about, its about john, or maybe just someone in general losing there family land that had been passed down from generation to generation to the bank, cause the man couldn't pay his loans to the bank, and now his son wont enjoy the land and heiritage that he enjoyed. All in all it really is a sad song. I dont quite get the metaphor in the chorus "rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow, if anyone cares to help me out, itd be nice.
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...
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.