Motherland

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 on 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, shotgun 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