Scarecrow song

1. The song is about the decline of farming in America.
2. The facts that farming is being replaced, and this guy does not know what to do with himself.
3. Mellencomp could not farm because of the changing in times, "Rain of the scarecrow Blood on the plow."
4. The word blood has a bad connotation, and that adds to the message.
5. He favors the farmers, and he shows his sympathy towards the farmers. He seems to be on the side of the farmers and he proves this when he says, "Rain on the Scarecrow, Blood on the plow."