T Bone Burnett - Motherland lyrics

[Verse 1:] Where in 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 [Chorus:] 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 [Verse 2:] Oh, my five & dime queen Tell me what have you seen? The lust and the avarice The bottomless, the 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 [Verse 3:] It's your happiness i want most of all And for that i'd do anything at all, o 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? [Chorus:] 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