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Motherland - Natalie Merchant



     
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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 sleeveMotherland cradle me
Close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me, stay beside me don't go
Don't you goOh, 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 goIt'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 allNow 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 goMotherland cradle me
Close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me, stay beside me don't go
Don't go

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Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) is a professional musician. She co-founded and fronted the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981. Later, she went to college and then left the band in 1993 and started a successful solo career. Merchant plays the piano, produces and writes many of her songs.

Her debut solo album Tigerlily (1995) had three top-40 singles: 'Carnival', 'Jealousy' and 'Wonder'. This was followed in 1998 with her second solo album Ophelia, her third in 2001 with Motherland, and fourth in 2003 called 'The House Carpenter's Daughter'.

Merchant has sung alongside Tracy Chapman, Michael Stipe, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel. She has also collaborated with Billy Bragg a number of times, including the 1998 album Mermaid Avenue. Like Bragg, her work touches on social and political themes; she has been active in promoting a number of campaigning issues in both her songs and through the causes to which she lends her name.



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