I 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
My whole life,i thought it was: all It was nothing,it didn't matter to me all there are tanks all over my city there's water outside the windows and the children in the streets their throwing rocks at the tanks But I ain't got a passport ain't got my real name........ ....... in my minds eye,i has visions of soviet tanks in the czech republic... it was a much darker picture then maybe she wanted to share with fans ,buy maybe not. and w/the horrors in Ukraine today i had to find this music........ Thank you !!!! for doing the work of the lyrics. ✌
Beautiful!
Wonderful song. One of her best. Great performance.
This song is so friggin good. And she lived in the neighborhood next to mine in s jersey. Just thought I’d add that. Love it
Song was for Ivan 🤠
I 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
My whole life,i thought it was:
all It was nothing,it didn't matter to me
all there are tanks all over my city
there's water outside the windows
and the children in the streets their throwing rocks at the tanks
But I ain't got a passport ain't got my real name........
....... in my minds eye,i has visions of soviet tanks in the czech republic... it was a much darker picture then maybe she wanted to share with fans ,buy maybe not. and w/the horrors in Ukraine today i had to find this music........
Thank you !!!! for doing the work of the lyrics. ✌
2024 is here!
Yup , saw her again last year in Brooklyn at her birthday concert