Citizen Of The Planet

Alanis Morissette

Compositor: Alanis Morissette

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I start up in the north
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I grow from special seed 
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I sprinkle it with sensibility from French and Hungarian snow 
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I linger in the sprouting until my engines full 

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Then I move across the sea 
To European bliss 
To language of poets 
As I cut the cord of home 
I kiss my mothers mother 
Look to the horizon 

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Wide eyed, new ground 
Humbled by my new surroundings 

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I am a citizen of the planet 
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My president is kwan yin 
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My frontier is on an airplane 
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My prisons: homes for rehabilitating 

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Then I fly back to my nest
I fly back with my nuclear but everything is different 
So I wait, my yearn for home is broadened,
Patriotism expanded by calling from beyond 
So I pack my things nothing precious all things sacred 

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I am a citizen of the planet 
My laws are all of attraction 
My punishments are consequences 
Separating from source the original sin 

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I am citizen of the planet 
Democracys kids are sovereign 
Where the teachers are the sages 
And pedestals fill with every parent 

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And so, the next few years are blurry
The next decades a flurry of smells and tastes unknown 
Threads sewn straight, through this fabric,
Through fields of every color, one culture to another 

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I come alive and I get giddy
I am taken and globally naturalized 

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I am a citizen of the planet 
From simple roots through high vision 
I am guarded by the angels 
My body guides the direction I go in 

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I am a citizen of the planet 
My favorite pastime edge stretching 
Besotten with human condition 
These ideals are borne from my deepest within