Citizen Ship Songtext
von Patti Smith Group

I was nothing
It didn′t matter to me
Ah, there were tags all over my sleeve
There was water outside the windows
And children in the streets were throwing rocks at tanks

Ain't got a passport
Ain′t got my real name
Ain't got a chance, sport
At fortune or fame
And I walk these endless streets
Won't you give me a lift
A lift, a lift, on your citizen ship


They were rioting in Chicago
Movement in L.A.
Sixty-eight it broke the yardbirds
We were broke as well
Took it underground
M.C. borderline, up against the wall
The wall, the wall
Show your papers, boy

Citizen ship we got memories
Stateless, they got shame
Cast adrift from the citizen ship
Lifeline denied exile this castaway

Blind alley in New York City
In a foreign embrace
If you′re hungry you′re not particular
About what you'll taste
Men in uniform gave me vinigar
Spoon of misery
But what the hell, I fell, I fell
It doesn′t matter to me

Citizen ship we got mem'ries
Citizen ship, we got pain
Cast adrift from the citizen ship
Lifeline denied, exiled this castaway


I was caught like a moth with it′s wings outta sync
Cut the chord overboard
Just a refugee
Lady liberty, lend a hand on me
I've been cast adrift
Adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift, adrift

On the citizen ship we got mem′ries
Citizen ship we got pain
Lose your grip on the citizen ship
You're cast, you'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, name, name, name, name, yeah
What′s your name, son?
What's your name?
What′s your name?
Ah, name...