Motherland
Written & Performed by Natalie Merchant
From the "Motherland" cd
Capo 1 Em
Where in hell can you go
Far from the things you know
Far from the sprawl of concrete
That keeps crawling its way about a 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
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?
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
Bridge:
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 it 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 go
(Em)4 times for intro, and beginnings and endings of verses:
0
A -- 2 2
D -- 2 2
G -- 0 0
B -- 0 0
e -- 0 0