Motherland

Where in hell can you go, far from the things that you know

Far from this concrete sprawl that keeps crawling it's way

About 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

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?

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

If you want the best of life and the most of love

If there is anything I can do at all

Come on shotgun bride, what makes me envy your life

The faceless the nameless the innocent the blameless and free

What's that 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 you go