Natalie Merchant - Motherland lyrics

far from the things that you know

far from the sprawl of concrete

that keeps crawling it's way about

1,000 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 & dime queen tell me what have you seen

The lust and avarice

The bottomless, the cavernous greed

Is that what you see

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