Motherland

Where in hell can you (Cm)go,

(Db)far from the things that you know,

far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way

'bout a thousand miles a day.

(Fm)Take one last look behind;

(Db)commit this to mem'ry and mind.

I don't miss this wasteland, this the (Ab)terrible place.

When you (Eb)leave,

keep your heart off your (Fm)sleeve.

(Ab)Motherland, cradle (Eb)me,

close my (Db)eyes, lullaby me to sleep.

Keep me safe, lie with me,

(Ab)stay beside me, don't go.

Don't you (Fm)go.

Oh, my fiveanddime queen,

(Db)commit tell me, what have you seen?

The lust and the avarice, the (Ab)bottomless,

the ernous (Eb)greed,

keep is that what you (Fm)see?

(Ab)Motherland, cradle (Eb)me, close my (Db)eyes,

lullaby me to sleep.

Keep me safe, lie with me,

(Ab)stay beside me, don't go.

Don't you (Fm)go.

(Fm)It's your (Db)happiness

I want (Ab)most of all,

and for (Db)that I'd do (Bb7)anything at (Eb)all.

Oh, mercy me!

If you want the (Db)best of it,

or the (Ab)most of love,

if there's (Db)anything (Bb7)I can do at (Eb)all...

(Fm)Now, come on, shotgun bride,

(Db)what makes me envy your (Ab)life?

(Db)Faceless, nameless, (Ab)innocent, blameless, and free,

what's that like to be?

Oh, motherDon't go.