natalie merchant
motherland
Where in the hell can you go  Far from the things that you know Far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps Crawling its 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 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 the avarice,  The bottomless, Cavernous greed,  Is that what you see?   [Chorus] 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 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 that like to be?   [Chorus]  Don't go