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 the day at the dawn
Then goes into a maze and grays
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
An d tries to find a song to ease his pain
Then she sings fated 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 has grown,
she's in up and out on the road
She left those green Ken
tucky 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
Singin' to the scarecrow
Singin' to the scarecrow
Ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah
-ah.