Showers of your crimson blood
Seep into a nation calling up a flood
Of narrow minds who legislate

Thinly veiled intolerance
Bigotry and hate


But they tortured and burned you
They beat you and they tied you
They left you cold and breathing

For love they crucified you

I can't forget hard as I try

This silhouette against the sky

Scarecrow crying

Waiting to die wondering why
Scarecrow trying
Angels will hold carry your soul away


This was our brother
This was our son

This shepherd young and mild
This unassuming one
We all gasp this can't happen here

We're all much too civilized
Where can these monsters hide


But they are knocking on our front door
They're rocking in our cradles
They're preaching in our churches

And eating at our tables

I search my soul

My heart and in my mind
To try and find forgiveness
This is someone child

With pain unreconciled
Filled up with father's hate
Mother's neglect

I can forgive But I will not forget

Scarecrow crying

Waiting to die wondering why
Scarecrow trying
Rising above all in the name of love