Patti Smith - Citizen Ship lyrics

I was nothing. it didn't matter to me.

Ahthere were tags all over my sleeve.

There was water outside the windows

And children in the streets [ ] rats with tags.

Ain't got a passport.

Ain't got my real name.

Ain't got a chancesportat fortune and fame.

And I walk these endless streetswon't you give me a lift.

A lift. a lift. on your citizen ship.

They were rioting in chicagomovement in l.a.

Sixty-eight it broke up the yardbirds.

We were broke as well.

Took it undergroundm.c. borderlineup against the wall.

The wall. the wall.

Show your papersboy.

Citizen ship we got mem'ries.

Statelessthey got shame.

Cast adrift from the citizen ship

Lifeline deniedexiled this castaway.

Blind alley in new york cityin a foreign embrace.

If you're hungry you're not too particular about what you'll taste.

Men in uniform gave me vinegarspoon of misery.

But what the hellI fellI fell.

It doesn't matter to me.

Citizen ship we got mem'ries

Citizen shipwe got pain.

Cast adrift from the citizen ship

Lifeline deniedexiled this castaway.

I was caught like a moth with it's wings outta sync.

Cut the chord. overboard. just a refugee.

Lady libertylend a hand to meI've been cast adrift.

Adrift. adrift. adrift. adrift. adrift. adrift.

On the citizen ship we got mem'ries

Citizen shipwe got pain.

Lose your grip on the citizen ship

You're castyou're cast away.

On the citizen ship you got mem'ry.

Citizen ship you got pain.

Citizen ship you got identity.

A name. a name. a name. . .

What's your nameson?

What's your name? . . .

What's your name?

[ ]

Nothing. I got nothing.

[ ] jersey.

Give me your tiredyour poor

Give me your huddled masses

Your wartorn [ ]

Give me your wartorn and your [ ]

Lift up your [ ] unto me.

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