Motherland
Where in hell can you go
Far from the things that you know
Far from the sprawl of concrete
That keeps crawling it's way about
1000 miles a day
Take one last look behind
Commit this to memory and mind
Don't miss this wasteland
This terrible place
When you leave, keep your heart off of your sleeve
Motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
Don't you go
Oh my five and dime queen tell me what have you seen
The lust and avarice
The bottomless, the cavernous greed
Is that what you see?
Oh, motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
It's your happiness, I want most of all
And for that I'd do anything at all
Oh mercy me
If you want the best of it
Or the most of it all
If there's anything I can do at all
Now come on shot gun bride
What makes me envy your life
Faceless, nameless, innocent
Blameless and free
What's it like to be
Motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
Don't go
Motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
Don't go
Far from the things that you know
Far from the sprawl of concrete
That keeps crawling it's way about
1000 miles a day
Take one last look behind
Commit this to memory and mind
Don't miss this wasteland
This terrible place
When you leave, keep your heart off of your sleeve
Motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
Don't you go
Oh my five and dime queen tell me what have you seen
The lust and avarice
The bottomless, the cavernous greed
Is that what you see?
Oh, motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
It's your happiness, I want most of all
And for that I'd do anything at all
Oh mercy me
If you want the best of it
Or the most of it all
If there's anything I can do at all
Now come on shot gun bride
What makes me envy your life
Faceless, nameless, innocent
Blameless and free
What's it like to be
Motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
Don't go
Motherland cradle me, close my eyes
Lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside me don't go
Don't go
Credits
Writer(s): Natalie Merchant
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