Name: Scarecrow
Duration: P00H04M15S
Description: the dudes from rustic overtones very kindly gave me permission to record this one. i've listened to them since i was a kid, and this was the first song i had ever performed live (it was in my high school english class in '97). rustic overtones are one of the most talented, rooted, yet original bands you'll ever hear. check them out: www.myspace.com/rusticovertones

Scarecrow

from Shining from Shook Foil by Stover

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the dudes from rustic overtones very kindly gave me permission to record this one. i've listened to them since i was a kid, and this was the first song i had ever performed live (it was in my high school english class in '97). rustic overtones are one of the most talented, rooted, yet original bands you'll ever hear. check them out: www.myspace.com/rusticovertones

lyrics

i'm miles away
memories still save
that covered bridge
where our names are still engraved

you turn to go
i turn to leave
then you turned to go
and i turned to leaves

in the cool shade
where the sycamore tree
paints a perfect portrait
of how i used to be

when i'm alone my mind it slows
you can be the smiling face on a scarecrow

Chorus:

but i know myself
i can't be like that
i can't help myself
i will always cry

keep my frown in a jar on the shelf
and put on my favorite smile
so far away
and my eyes stay blind

in my head
so i want to think about
and as i stop and stare
i've got to learn to live without
seems easy in the end
when i've already lost a lover
i can learn to lose a friend

chorus

under a stone in the back i grow a flower for you dear
a flower that's so beautiful is now dying i fear
so i watered it everyday and i ripped out every weed
how could you think i would let it wilt when it builds from just a seed

chorus

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from Shining from Shook Foil, released May 10, 2009
Justin Stover: vocals, guitar, piano

Written by Dave Gutter

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