Motherland

My friend, you sit there reminiscing
While happy couples nearby kissing
Remind you of all the people you're missing
That died and moved away
Both fates seem to seduce you
To throw yourself beneath the hooves
Or carry saints your parents knew
You'll meet 'em all some day

Long before you ever came
Celestials were stripped of fame
But you recall forgotten names behind your bedroom door
Leaning on your windowsill
Forgetting April's water bill
Past romances haunting still
And a notice on your door

Don't leave home, save those bones
Motherland, keep your clams

Through your dirty window pain
Hear the screaming of the train
Freedom in it's song contained
And blessed in its path
Could a purpose satisfy
Such an ordinary guy
Who hears a locomotive cry
Of desire's wrath

Don't leave home, save those bones
Motherland, keep your clams

Living doesn't make more sense
When you've paid for insurance
Prophets scalp recycled hints
Off your office walls, oh
In truth they'll never live to tell
Of wretched toil or living hell
But you know all the sweetness still
That echoes from your halls

Don't leave home, save those bones
Motherland, keep your clams

Singing songs of highwaymen
You go back to the bank again
Dreaming of the old times
When a pistol did the job
But if you think of trouble making
People say you're mistaken
Times's the only thing worth taking
And you keep getting robbed

Don't leave home, save those bones
Motherland, keep your clams