[Verse 1]
Lonely scarecrow on the hill
Guardin’ rows that never end
Faded shirt and crooked hat
Standin’ like my oldest friend
Bare feet runnin’ through the dust
Braids swingin’ as I climb
Mama’s callin’ from the porch
“Home by suppertime”
[Chorus]
Scarecrow on the hill
You keep watchin’ while I grow
I tell you all my secrets that nobody else can know
Daddy’s workin’ long days
Mama’s hands are worn and torn
You and me
We’re standin’ tall
Protectin’ all this corn
Scarecrow on the hill
You’re more than sticks and straw to me
Out here in these fields
You’re my company
[Verse 2]
Blue sky hangin’ like a sheet
Pinned up by the summer sun
I trace faces in the clouds
’Til they melt and run
Sometimes work feels way too big
Buckets
Bales
And busted knees
But I wave up at your grin
You just sway in the breeze
[Chorus]
Scarecrow on the hill
You keep watchin’ while I grow
I tell you all my secrets that nobody else can know
Daddy’s workin’ long days
Mama’s hands are worn and torn
You and me
We’re standin’ tall
Protectin’ all this corn
Scarecrow on the hill
You’re more than sticks and straw to me
Out here in these fields
You’re my company
[Bridge]
Someday I might leave this land (oh)
Chase a dream past gravel roads
But I’ll still see your shadow
Over rows and rows
’Cause every time the wind blows
Through any town I roam
I’ll hear these rusted fences
Callin’ me back home
[Chorus]
Scarecrow on the hill
You keep watchin’ while I grow
I tell you all my secrets that nobody else can know
Daddy’s workin’ long days
Mama’s hands are worn and torn
You and me
We’re standin’ tall
Protectin’ all this corn
Scarecrow on the hill
You’re more than sticks and straw to me
Out here in these fields
You’re my family