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Citizen of the Planet

Alanis Morissette

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Vocals

Ben Tolliday

Guitar

Andy Page

Electric Guitar

Sean McGhee

Synthesizer

Suzie Katayama

Conductor

Blair Sinta

Drums

Guys Sigsworth

Drum Programming

Jesse Sutcliffe

Jesse Sutcliffe

Strings

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Composer

Guy Sigsworth

Composer

Fiora Cutler

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ben Tolliday

Assistant Engineer

Andy Page

Mixing Engineer

Sean McGhee

Recording Engineer

Guys Sigsworth

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

Wide eyed, new ground

Humbled by my new surroundings

[Verse 4]

I am a citizen of the planet

My president is Guanyin

My frontier is on an airplane

My prisons, homes for rehabilitating

[Verse 5]

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

[Verse 6]

So I pack my things

Nothing precious

All things sacred

[Verse 7]

I am a citizen of the planet

My laws are all of attraction

My punishments are consequences

Separating from source the original sin

[Verse 8]

I am a citizen of the planet

Democracy's kids are sovereign

Where the teachers are the sages

And pedestals filled with every parent

[Verse 9]

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

[Verse 10]

And I come alive

And I get giddy

And I am taken and globally naturalized

[Verse 11]

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

[Verse 12]

I am a citizen of the planet

My favorite pastime, edge stretching

Besotten with human condition

These ideals are born from my deepest within

Written by: Alanis Morissette, Guy Sigsworth

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