SCARECROW

First released 1986

Scarecrow is written about Patti Smith, one of Tim's earliest and continuing inspirations.  Ironically, the producer Lenny Kaye used to be a member of the Patti Smith Band in the 1970s.

WHERE TO GET

Album Version : Stutter LP (JIMLP 1), CAS (JIMC 1), CD (7599-25437-2)

Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick

Live Version : One Man Clapping LP (ONE MAN 1 LP), CAS (ONE MAN 1 C), CD (ONE MAN 1 CD)

LYRICS

Which scarecrow has the power of voice

It will stab you in the thigh

And when she wails, it twists your insides

Wise scarecrow

Which scarecrow

Which scarecrow

A pitch for which she has been searching

Holds the key to the dreams she's been dreaming

Coming on, coming on, coming on

She's coming on strong

She's coming on coming on coming on coming on

Coming on strong

Don't try to mix her ego with her soul

Never mix the ego with the soul

I always twist my ego with my soul

Which scarecrow

Wise scarecrow

Which scarecrow

And just you was her inspiration

Got a band that could shatter a nation

Now she's coming on, coming on, coming on

She's coming on strong

She's coming on coming on coming on coming on

Coming on strong

She's coming on strong

She's coming on strong, coming on strong, coming on strong, coming on strong

Coming on strong, coming on strong, coming on strong

When your song strikes me

My walls fall down

And I can sit down

In your perfect light and sound