I've been thinking to myself Aren't we just the picture of health? The one you see through the window The one where all goes well At times there's nothing worse than the beat of a struggling pulse But in the pit of the stomach is where I can always tell Watch as the trees grow tall We'll give them a face and a name Build a fence to keep out the neighbors But we'll dress our scarecrows the same We've been thinking to ourselves Weren't we just the picture of health? But in the pit of the stomach is where you can always tell We'll sit and wait and think Wander back to familiar surroundings In the place where I should have grown up And hung myself out to dry Watch as the trees grow tall Give them a face and a name We'll build a fence to keep out the neighbors But we'll dress our scarecrows the same Watch as the trees grow tall Give them a face and a name We'll build a fence to keep out the neighbors But we'll dress our scarecrows the same