Alanis Morissette - Citizen Of The Planet (Live in Charlotte, NC)

Citizen Of The Planet (1.29.08). Note: this was only her third time performing this song live and first audio/video capture of it! enjoy...

LYRICS:
I start up in the north I grow from 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 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 calling 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 citizen of the planet
Democracy's kids are sovereign
Where the teachers are the sages
And pedestals fill with every parent

And so, the next few years are blurry, the next decades' a flurry of
smells 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.

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[amyflemming16]

wow people sound so different and horrible live.. She sounds just awful live..

No offence

[citizenoftheplanet]

We are all entitled to our opinions. Sometimes the camera doesn't capture the way it actually sounded if you were there, but I think vocally this was one of Alanis' best performances. I love the reverb of the arena too

[tinuviel2006]

I soo love this song! The lyrics are awesome

[blackbedroom]

i think it's the best song of the album.

I hope Alanis come to Brazil =D

WE NEED YOU HERE AAALANIS. =)

[TheMadChild]

Well, actually... different circumstances can make vocal chords sound different... smoking, diet, temperature... etc. And this is a difficult song to sing.

[babslastfm]

its the song i like more so far of her new ALBUM!!!!!!GO ALANIS

[lunaangel56]

Introspective...Yes...SFIJ was immensly introspective!

[Guillequetzal]

I agree too... this one is very introspective as SFIJ...and that's great

[lunaangel56]

I agree.

[still76]

this record reminds me of supposed former infatuation junkie