Natalie Merchant - Motherland
Where in hell can you go
Far from the things that you know
Far from the sprawl of concrete
That keeps crawling its way
About 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
O, my five & dime queen
Tell me what have you seen?
The lust and the avarice
The bottomless, the cavernous greed
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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, o 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?
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
Natalie Merchant - Fonua Fua'anga (Tongan translation)
Ko fe 'i heli te ke 'alu
Mama'o mei he ngaahi me'a 'oku 'ilo'i koe
Mama'o mei he fakamanga 'o e sima...
'Oku totolo pe 'i hono alu'anga
Mahalo koe maile e 'afe ki he 'aho
To'o ha fakasio e taha ki mui
Tuku 'eni ki he loto manatu mo 'atamai
'Oua teke manako ki he fonua to'afa ko 'eni
Koe feitu'u fakamanavahe 'eni
'I ho 'alu...
Tuku ho loto mei ho'o kofu nima
Fonua fua'anga, fua au, tapuni'i hoku mata
Hiva keu mohe
Malu'i au, tokoto mo au,
Nofo ma'u pe mo au, 'oua teke 'alu
'Oua teke 'alu
'Oiaue, ho'oku fika nima mo seniti tu'i fefine
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Koe holi kovi mo manumanu,
Koe 'uakai fakaluotaomama'o mo faka'ata'ata
Ko 'ia 'oku sio e koe?
[Tau]
Fonua fua'anga, fua au, tapuni'i hoku mata
Hiva keu mohe
Malu'i au, tokoto mo au
Nofo ma'u pe mo au, 'oua teke 'alu
Ko ho'o monu'ia 'oku 'ou fie ma'u 'aupito fakamanavahe
Ko 'ia teu fai ha fahinga me'a kotoa pe
'Oiaue 'alo'ofa au kita
Kapau 'oku fie ma'u he lelei lahi taha ko 'ia
Pea koe lahi 'o e me'a kotoa pe, kapau 'oku 'i ai ha me'a pe...
Kuou lava ke fai
Ha'u ta'ahine ketelau
Koe ha me'a 'oku 'ou meheka ki ho mo'ui?
Ta'emata, ta'ehingoa, tonuhia,
Ta'ehala'ia mo tauataina
'Oku fefe ke pehe pe hange ko ee?
[Tau]
'Oua teke 'alu