Natalie Merchant - Mortherland Lyrics
Where in hell can you goFar from the things that you knowFar from the sprawl of concreteThat keeps crawling its wayAbout 1,000 miles a day?Take one last look behindCommit this to memory and mindDon't miss this wasteland, this terrible placeWhen you leaveKeep your heart off your sleeveMotherland cradle meClose my eyesLullaby me to sleepKeep me safeLie with meStay beside meDon't go, don't you goO, my five & dime queenTell me what have you seen?The lust and the avariceThe bottomless, the cavernous greedIs that what you see?Motherland cradle meClose my eyesLullaby me to sleepKeep me safeLie with meStay beside meDon't goIt's your happiness I want most of allAnd for that I'd do anything at all, o mercy me!If you want the best of it or the most of allIf there's anything I can do at allNow come on shot gun brideWhat makes me envy your life?Faceless, nameless, innocent, blameless and free,What's that like to be?Motherland cradle meClose my eyesLullaby me to sleepKeep me safeLie with meStay beside meDon't go, don't you go
