Where in the hell can you go   Far from the things that 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      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