Alanis Morissette - Citizen Of The Planet

I start up in the North I grow from special seed I sprinkle in with sensibility From French and Hungarian snow I linger in the sprouting until my engine&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&mother Look to the horizon Wide eyed, new ground humbled by my new surroundings I am a citizen of the planet My president is Kwan Yin My frontier is on an airplane My prisons: homes for rehabilitating Then I fly back to my nest, 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 punishiments are consequences Separating from source the original sin I am a citizen of the planet Democracy&kids are sovereign Where the teachers are the sages And pedestals fill with every parent And so, next few years are blurry, the next decade&a flurry of amells and tastes unknown Threads sewn straight through this fabric through fields of every color one culture to another I come alive and I get giddy 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 My body guides the direction I go in I am a citizen of the planet My favorite pastime edge stretching Besotten with human condition These ideals are borne from my deepest within