Motherland

These new lines on my face
 Spell out "girl pick up your pace
 If you want to stay true to what your younger self would do"
 And this kink in my walk
 Makes me focus when I talk
 If I can't trust my feet
 Then it's my tongue I choose to keep
 And I walk slow so I can read
 Let my head fall, my hips lead
 Why'd you write the words so small?
 Did you fool me, are they words at all?
 Or are you pulling down the veil
 Keeping grounded as you set my sail?
 By the time I pull it off
 All my innocence is lost
 And oh I'm good, I think I'm good
 Will I be great, will I be great?
 Is it money I wanna make or is it sweet love
 For his sake?
 And these new parts I now need
 To help me function, help me feed
 They are beyond my modest earnings
 Oh the girls they keep turning up the heat
 As if it's cold
 But I'm hot, too hot to hold
 I'll burn a hole right through the hull
 When will I
 Ever see the land?
 Will I ever see the land?
 Oh water can't revive me
 I need dirt in my hand
 Will I ever see the land?
 Will I ever see the land?
 Oh the ground will give me something
 I know that it can
 See I have charm and I have sight
 And I always try and do what's right
 But I have faults you know it's true
 Especially when it comes to treating you well
 I will work when all my thoughts are mine again
 See I was sure at the start, turns out I tried too hard
 And oh I'm good, I think I'm good
 Will I be great, will I be great?
 Is it money I wanna make or is it sweet love
 For his sake?
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 When will I
 Ever see the land?
 Will I ever see the land?
 Oh water can't revive me
 I need dirt in my hand
 Will I ever see the land?
 Will I ever see the land?
 Oh the ground will give me something
 I know that it can