Citizen Ship

Lyrics for Citizen Ship

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...