World Citizen

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There goes one baby's life, It's such a small amount
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She's un-American, I guess it doesn't count.

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Six thousand children's lives, Were simply thrown away
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Lost without medicine, Inside of thirty days.

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In the New York harbour, Where the stock's withheld
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It was the price we paid, For a safer world

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World is suffering, World is suffering
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World is suffering, World citizen

[Verse 2]
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In Madhya Pradesh, Where they're building dams
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They're displacing native people, From their homes and lands
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So they hunger strike, Cos they believe they count
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To lose a single life, Is such a small amount
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In the name of progress, And democracy
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The concepts represented, In name only

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Am                              D7
His world is suffering, Her world is suffering
F                        G
Their world is suffering, World citizen, World citizen

[Verse 3]
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And the buildings fall, In a cloud of dust
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And we ask ourselves, How could they hate us?
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Well, when we live in, Ignorance and luxury
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While our super powers practice, Puppet mastery
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We raise the men, Who run the fascist states
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And we sell them arms, So they maintain their place
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We turn our backs, On the things they done
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Their human rights record, And the guns they run

[Chorus]
Am                              D7
His world is suffering, Her world is suffering
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Their world is suffering, World citizen
Am                              D7
My world is suffering, Your world is suffering
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Our world is suffering, World citizen

[Verse 4]
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Who'll do away with flags?, Who'll do us proud?
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Remove the money from their pockets, Scream dissent out loud?
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Cos God ain't on our side, The shoe won't fit
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And though they think the war is won, That's not the last of it
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Disenfranchised people, Need their voices heard
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And if no one stops to listen, Lose their faith in words
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And violence rises, When all hope is lost
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Who'll embrace the human spirit, And absorb the cost?
Am           D7
Not one life is taken,
F             G
In my name, In my name

[Chorus]
Am                              D7
His world is suffering, Her world is suffering
F                         G
Their world is suffering, World citizen
Am                              D7
My world is suffering, Your world is suffering
F                       G
Our world is suffering, World citizen

[Other]
Am                D7
Not one life is taken
F                       G
In my name, In my name