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Patti Smith Citizen Ship Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 9/10 [1 vote]Album: Wave / Original Release Date: 1996Genre: RockSong Duration: 5 min 12 sec
Citizen Ship
Patti Smith
Patti Smith
PATTI SMITH
- Citizen Ship LyricsI was nothing, it didn't matter to me
There were tags all over my sleeve
There was water outside the windows
And children in the streets are throwing rats with tags of a liar
Ain't got a passport, ain't got my real name
Ain't got a chance sport and fortune and fame
And I walk these endless streets, won't you give me a lift
A lift, a lift, on your citizenship
They were rioting in Chicago, movement in L.A.
Sixty eight it broke up the yard birds, we were broke as well
Took it underground, MC borderline, up against the wall
The wall, the wall, show your papers boy
Citizenship we got memories
Stateless, they got shame
Cast adrift from the citizenship
Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway
Blind Alley in New York City, in a foreign embrace
If you're hungry you're not too particular about what you'll taste
Men in uniform gave me vinegar, spoon of misery
But what the hell, I fell, I fell, it doesn't matter to me
Citizenship we got memories
Citizenship, we got pain
Cast adrift from the citizenship
Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway
I was caught up like a moth with its wings outta sync
Cut the chord, overboard, just a refugee
Lady Liberty, lend a hand to me, I've been cast adrift
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift
On the citizenship we got memories
Citizenship, we got pain
Lose your grip on the citizenship
You're cast, you're cast away
On the citizenship you got memories
Citizenship you got pain
Citizenship you got identity
A name, a name, a name, a name
Name, name, name, name
Yeah! What's your name, son?
What's your name?
What's your name?
A name
Forget your name you got a number
Nothing I've got nothing
Man I've got nothing in this [Incomprehensible]
Give me your tired, your poor
Give me your huddled masses
Your war torn on your [Incomprehensible]
Give me your war torn and your shores of none
Lift up your door and your problem to me
Mythology
There were tags all over my sleeve
There was water outside the windows
And children in the streets are throwing rats with tags of a liar
Ain't got a passport, ain't got my real name
Ain't got a chance sport and fortune and fame
And I walk these endless streets, won't you give me a lift
A lift, a lift, on your citizenship
They were rioting in Chicago, movement in L.A.
Sixty eight it broke up the yard birds, we were broke as well
Took it underground, MC borderline, up against the wall
The wall, the wall, show your papers boy
Citizenship we got memories
Stateless, they got shame
Cast adrift from the citizenship
Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway
Blind Alley in New York City, in a foreign embrace
If you're hungry you're not too particular about what you'll taste
Men in uniform gave me vinegar, spoon of misery
But what the hell, I fell, I fell, it doesn't matter to me
Citizenship we got memories
Citizenship, we got pain
Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway
I was caught up like a moth with its wings outta sync
Cut the chord, overboard, just a refugee
Lady Liberty, lend a hand to me, I've been cast adrift
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift
On the citizenship we got memories
Citizenship, we got pain
Lose your grip on the citizenship
You're cast, you're cast away
On the citizenship you got memories
Citizenship you got pain
Citizenship you got identity
A name, a name, a name, a name
Name, name, name, name
Yeah! What's your name, son?
What's your name?
What's your name?
A name
Forget your name you got a number
Nothing I've got nothing
Man I've got nothing in this [Incomprehensible]
Give me your tired, your poor
Give me your huddled masses
Your war torn on your [Incomprehensible]
Give me your war torn and your shores of none
Lift up your door and your problem to me
Mythology
Facts about Citizen Ship
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Citizen Ship is written by Patti Smith, Leonard J Kaye, Ivan Kral, Richard A Sohl, Jay Dee Daugherty.
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It is first released in 1996 as part of Patti Smith's album "Wave" which includes 11 tracks in total. This song is the 5th track on this album.
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When we look deeper into its meaning, Patti Smith's 'Citizen Ship' is a meditation on the troubles of being stateless and the quest for identity through the turmoil of the world around, employing the image of a ship as the literal and figurative means of finding one's place and getting recognized. The overall atmosphere created through the use of lyrics in the song, has been a social critique, reflection, noise of despair and anger mixed up. Concurrently, the song points out the aspects of statelessness and identity, struggle and resilience, the quest for belonging and historical and social upheaval. The lyrics portray war, violence, and social unrest in very intense ways that maybe are not appropriate for the younger ones to listen to. The themes and imagery are of an adult nature and might be upsetting to children under 13.
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Citizen Ship falls under the genre Rock.
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Citizen Ship song length is 5 minutes and 12 seconds.
Who wrote Citizen Ship lyrics?
Citizen Ship is written by Patti Smith, Leonard J Kaye, Ivan Kral, Richard A Sohl, Jay Dee Daugherty.
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When was Citizen Ship released?
It is first released in 1996 as part of Patti Smith's album "Wave" which includes 11 tracks in total. This song is the 5th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Citizen Ship lyrics?
When we look deeper into its meaning, Patti Smith's 'Citizen Ship' is a meditation on the troubles of being stateless and the quest for identity through the turmoil of the world around, employing the image of a ship as the literal and figurative means of finding one's place and getting recognized. The overall atmosphere created through the use of lyrics in the song, has been a social critique, reflection, noise of despair and anger mixed up. Concurrently, the song points out the aspects of statelessness and identity, struggle and resilience, the quest for belonging and historical and social upheaval. The lyrics portray war, violence, and social unrest in very intense ways that maybe are not appropriate for the younger ones to listen to. The themes and imagery are of an adult nature and might be upsetting to children under 13.
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Which genre is Citizen Ship?
Citizen Ship falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song Citizen Ship?
Citizen Ship song length is 5 minutes and 12 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Patti Smith, Leonard J Kaye, Ivan Kral, Richard A Sohl, Jay Dee Daugherty
Record Label(s): 1979, 1996 Arista Records
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