Singing to the Scarecrow

In a pair of faded coveralls and her mama's old high heels

She wobbles up and takes a shaky bow

She smiles a little smile that hides her missing baby tooth

And she manages to sing that way somehow

She starts with "Delta Dawn"

Then goes into "Amazing Grace"

Then squints her eyes and sings "I Fought The Law"

And when the wind comes sweeping in and ripples through the corn

To her it sounds exactly like applause

She's just singing to the scarecrow

Dancing through the fields

With a kitten named Bojangles in her arms

Trying to let the whole world know

How wonderful it feels

To be here on this south Kentucky farm

Singing to the Scarecrow

She looks into his patchwork eyes and looks into his heart

Then tries to find a song to ease his pain

Then she sings "Faded Love" until the sunny sky grows dark

And his tears are falling in the summer rain

And she's singing to the scarecrow

Dancing through the fields

With a kitten named Bojangles in her arms

Trying to let the whole world know

How wonderful it feels

To be here on this south Kentucky farm

Singing to the Scarecrow

Now that little girl is grown

She's in a band out on the road

She left those green Kentucky fields behind

But she sings herself back home

When she's at the microphone

And she smiles that funny smile and shuts her eyes

She's still singing to the scarecrow

Trying to let the whole world know

How wonderful it feels

To be there on that south Kentucky farm

Singing to the Scarecrow

Singing to the scarecrow

Singing to the scarecrow