Citizen Ship

<br>I was nothing. it didnt matter to me.<br><br>Ah, there were tags all over my sleeve.<br><br>There was water outside the windows<br><br>And children in the streets [ ] rats with tags.<br><br><br><br>Aint got a passport.<br><br>Aint got my real name.<br><br>Aint got a chance, sport, at fortune and fame.<br><br>And I walk these endless streets, wont you give me a lift.<br><br>A lift. a lift. on your citizen ship.<br><br><br><br>They were rioting in chicago, movement in l.a.<br><br>Sixty-eight it broke up the yardbirds.<br><br>We were broke as well.<br><br>Took it underground, m.c. borderline, up against the wall.<br><br>The wall. the wall.<br><br>Show your papers, boy.<br><br><br><br>Citizen ship we got memries.<br><br>Stateless, they got shame.<br><br>Cast adrift from the citizen ship,<br><br>Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway.<br><br><br><br>Blind alley in new york city, in a foreign embrace.<br><br>If youre hungry youre not too particular about what youll taste.<br><br>Men in uniform gave me vinegar, spoon of misery.<br><br>But what the hell, I fell, I fell.<br><br>It doesnt matter to me.<br><br><br><br>Citizen ship we got memries<br><br>Citizen ship, we got pain.<br><br>Cast adrift from the citizen ship,<br><br>Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway.<br><br><br><br>I was caught like a moth with its wings outta sync.<br><br>Cut the chord. overboard. just a refugee.<br><br>Lady liberty, lend a hand to me, Ive been cast adrift.<br><br>Adrift. adrift. adrift. adrift. adrift. adrift.<br><br><br><br>On the citizen ship we got memries<br><br>Citizen ship, we got pain.<br><br>Lose your grip on the citizen ship,<br><br>Youre cast, youre cast away.<br><br>On the citizen ship you got memry.<br><br>Citizen ship you got pain.<br><br>Citizen ship you got identity.<br><br>A name. a name. a name. . .<br><br><br><br>Whats your name, son? <br><br>Whats your name? . . .<br><br>Whats your name? <br><br>[ ]<br><br>Nothing. I got nothing.<br><br>[ ] jersey.<br><br>Give me your tired, your poor<br><br>Give me your huddled masses<br><br>Your wartorn [ ]<br><br>Give me your wartorn and your [ ]<br><br>Lift up your [ ] unto me.<br><br>Ah, mythology.