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[C] [C7][Fm][C]

[C]I start up in the [C7]north, 
I grow up from special [Fm]seed
I sprinkle it with [C]sensibility
From [C]French and Hungarian [C7]snow
I linger in the [Fm]sprouting 
until my engine's [C]full
Then [C]I move across the 
[C7]sea to European [Fm]bliss
To language of [C]poets
As [C]I cut the cord of [C7]home
I kiss my mother's [Fm]mother, 
look to the hori[C]zon

[C]Wide-eyed, new [C7]ground
Humbled [Fm]by my new sur[C]roundings

I am a [C]citizen of the planet
My presi[C]dent is Kwan Yin
My fron[C]tier is on an airplane
My [C]prisons: homes for rehabilitating

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Then [C]I fly back to my [C7]nest, 
I fly back with my [Fm]nuclear
But everything is [C]different
So I [C]wait, my yearn for 
home is [C7]broadened
Patriotism [Fm]expanded, 
by callings from [C]beyond

So [C]I pack my [C7]things
Nothing [Fm]precious
All things [C]sacred

I am a [C]citizen of the planet
My laws are [C]all of attraction
My punish[C]ments are consequences
Separ[C]ating from source the original sin
I am a [C]citizen of the planet
De[C]mocracy's kids are sovereign
Where the [C]teachers are the sages
And pede[C]stals fill with every parent

And [C]so, the next few years are [C7]blurry
The next decade's a [Fm]flurry 
of smells and tastes [C]unknown
[C]Threads sewn straight 
through this [C7]fabric
Through fields of every [Fm]color, 
one culture to [C]another

And [C]I come [C7]alive
And I get [Fm]giddy
And I am [C]taken and globally naturalized

I am a [C]citizen of the planet
From simple [C]roots through high vision
I am [C]guarded by the angels
And my b[C]ody guides the direction I go in
I am a [C]citizen of the planet
My favorite [C]pastime: edge-stretching
Besotten [C]with human condition
These [C]ideals are born from my deepest within

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