Citizen Of The Planet Lyrics - Flavors Of Entanglement - Alanis Morissette

I start up in the north 

I grow from a special seed 

I sprinkle it with sensibility 

From French and Hungarian snow 

I linger in the sprouting 

Until my engine's full 

Then I move across the sea 

To European bliss 

To language of poets 

As I cut the cord of home 

I kiss my mother's mother 

Look to the horizon 

Wide eyed, new ground 

Humbled by my new surroundings 

I am a citizen of the planet 

My president is Guan Yin 

My frontier is on an airplane 

My prisons, homes for rehabilitating 

Then I fly back to my rest 

I fly back with my nuclear 

But everything is different 

So I wait 

My yearn for home is broadened 

Patriotism expanded 

By callings from beyond 

So I pack my things 

Nothing precious 

All things sacred 

I am a citizen of the planet 

My laws are all of attraction 

My punishments are consequences 

Separating from source the original sin 

I am a citizen of the planet 

Democracy's kids are sovereign 

Where the teachers are the sages 

And pedestals filled with every parent 

And so the next few years are blurry 

The next decade's a flurry 

Of smells and tastes unknown 

Threads sewn straight through this fabric 

Through fields of every color 

One culture to another 

And I come alive 

And I get giddy 

And I am taken and globally naturalized 

I am a citizen of the planet 

From simple roots through high vision 

I am guarded by the angels 

And my body guides the direction I go in 

I am a citizen of the planet 

My favorite pastime edge stretching 

Begotten with human condition 

These ideals are born from my deepest within