Citizen Ship
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Lyrics for Citizen Ship by Patti Smith
Songwriters: Kral, Ivan; Smith, Patricia
Men in uniform gave me vinegar, spoon of misery
And I walk these endless streets, won't you give me a lift
They were rioting in Chicago, movement in L.A.
Your war torn on your [Incomprehensible]
If you're hungry you're not too particular about what you'll taste
What's your name?
Citizenship we got memories
Lady Liberty, lend a hand to me, I've been cast adrift
The wall, the wall, show your papers boy
A name, a name, a name, a name
Blind Alley in New York City, in a foreign embrace
Give me your huddled masses
And children in the streets are throwing rats with tags of a liar
Ain't got a chance sport and fortune and fame
Cut the chord, overboard, just a refugee
Ain't got a passport, ain't got my real name
A name
Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway
Lose your grip on the citizenship
Cast adrift from the citizenship
A lift, a lift, on your citizenship
But what the hell, I fell, I fell, it doesn't matter to me
Took it underground, MC borderline, up against the wall
Lift up your door and your problem to me
On the citizenship we got memories
There was water outside the windows
Citizenship you got identity
Man I've got nothing in this [Incomprehensible]
Citizenship, we got pain
Forget your name you got a number
I was caught up like a moth with its wings outta sync
Give me your war torn and your shores of none
On the citizenship you got memories
Name, name, name, name
Cast adrift from the citizenship
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift
Nothing I've got nothing
Citizenship, we got pain
Give me your tired, your poor
Sixty eight it broke up the yard birds, we were broke as well
Citizenship you got pain
Yeah! What's your name, son?
Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway
You're cast, you're cast away
What's your name?
Citizenship we got memories
Stateless, they got shame

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