Karaoké Motherland Natalie Merchant

Where in hell can you go

Far from the things that you know

Far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way

'Bout a thousand 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

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 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

Oh, 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