Key: D
Introduction: C#5 B5 A5 G#5
C#5 B5
I start up in the north
A5
I grow from special seed
G#5 C#5 B5
I sprinkle it with sensibility from French and Hungarian snow
A5 G#5
I linger in the sprouting until my engine's full
B5 A5 G#5
Then I move across the sea
To European bliss
B5 A5 G#5
Wide eyed, new ground
Humbled by my new surroundings
C#5 D#5 D5
I am a citizen of the planet
C#5 D#5 D5
My president is kwan yin
C#5 D#5 D5
My frontier is on an airplane
C#5 D#5 D5
My prisons: homes for rehabilitating
B5 A5 G#5
Then I fly back to my nest
I fly back with my nuclear but everything is different
D#5 D5
I am a citizen of the planet
My laws are all of attraction
D#5 D5
I am citizen of the planet
Democracy's kids are sovereign
B5 A5 G#5
And so, the next few years are blurry
The next decades' a flurry of smells and tastes unknown
B5 A5 G#5
I come alive and I get giddy
I am taken and globally naturalized
D#5 D5
I am a citizen of the planet
From simple roots through high vision
D#5 D5
I am a citizen of the planet
My favorite pastime edge stretching