[Tempo: 155 BPM] [Time Signature: 21/8] [Arrangement: Avant-garde brass quintet, non-diatonic grand piano, polyrhythmic percussion, snapping bass, conversational quirky vocal] [Intro] [Key: C# Harmonic Minor] [Arrangement: Dissonant 21/8 grand piano motif, angular brass quintet stabs, complex polyrhythmic percussion] [C#m(maj7)] [G13#11] [Fm11] [B7b9#11] [Verse 1] [Key: C# Minor] [Arrangement: Conversational staccato vocal in 21/8, angular bassline, sparse avant-garde brass accents] [C#m(maj7)] Some bastard in a tailored suit sat at an oak desk a [G13#11] hundred years ago with a ruler and a [Fm11] fountain pen. [C#m(maj7)] He drew a black line across the paper and said: "This side is [B7b9#11] us. That side is them." And ever since, the fools have been [Emaj7#11] dying for the dirt on this side of the [A7b13] ditch. [C#m(maj7)] Same weeds grow on [G13#11] both sides. [Fm11] Same rain falls on [B7b9#11] both roofs. [D7b9#11] Same sun cooks your brain in August. [Verse 2] [Key: C# Minor] [Arrangement: Bouncy snapping bassline, non-diatonic piano counterpoint, quirky staccato delivery] [C#m(maj7)] They turn on the television. A guy with good hair tells you to [G13#11] be terrified. [C#m(maj7)] They want you to hate a poor slob three miles down the [Fm11] road who drinks the same cheap [B7b9#11] beer, gets the same morning [Emaj7#11] hangover, and works the same graveyard [A7b13] shift. Why? [C#m(maj7)] Because he was born on the [G13#11] left side of the fence. [Fm11] Because somebody [B7b9#11] wants his oil. [D7b9#11] Because the generals need another monument in the park. [Refrain] [Key: F# Minor] [Arrangement: Triumphant avant-garde full ensemble, bright dissonant brass fanfares, soaring joyful lead vocal] [F#m(maj7)] Don't give me a [C13#11] flag. A flag is just a [Fmaj7#11] rag on a stick used to cover up the [B7b9#11] smell of dead boys. [F#m(maj7)] I don't belong to your [C13#11] republic. [Fmaj7#11] I don't belong to your [B7b9#11] empire. [F#m(maj7)] I don't belong to your [C13#11] bank. [Verse 3] [Key: C# Minor] [Arrangement: Angular 21/8 rhythm section, complex non-diatonic piano and brass stabs] [C#m(maj7)] I have a passport in my coat pocket. It’s got a stamp. It’s got a [G13#11] number. It says I belong to a [Fm11] state. What a joke. [C#m(maj7)] The earth doesn't ask for papers when you step out into the [B7b9#11] alley. [C#m(maj7)] The wind doesn't check your visa before it blows through your [Emaj7#11] hair. [C#m(maj7)] They build walls six feet thick. [G13#11] Barbed wire on the rim. [Fm11] Guards with rifles standing in the cold. All to keep one [A7b13] hungry man from eating the fruit on the [D7b9#11] other side of the tree. [Bridge] [Key: Eb Minor] [Arrangement: Sparse 21/8 rhythmic breakdown, handclaps, bass drum, sweeping dissonant piano building to brass crescendo] [Ebm(maj7)] Let them keep their borders. Let them keep their [A13#11] sirens and their parades. [Dm9] I’m just a guy walking down the street who knows that pain is the [G#7b9] same language in every dark [Ebm(maj7)] bar on the planet. (Spoken softly into the mic over a single bass note) [Ebm(maj7)] Put down the rifles. Tear down the fences. Give the land back to the [A13#11] grass. [Outro] [Key: C# Minor] [Arrangement: Dissonant piano and 21/8 polyrhythms weave together, celebratory brass quintet melody] [C#m(maj7)] I’m a citizen of the dust. [G13#11] A citizen of the sun. [Fm11] A world citizen, if you need a [B7b9#11] label. I won't be [C#m(maj7)] disappointed when all your little [G13#11] kingdom walls finally crumble back into the [Fm11] dirt. (Whisper) [C#m(maj7)] Tear the walls down. (Whisper) [G13#11] Drink your drink. [C#m(maj7)] [G13#11] [Fm11] [F#m(add#11)] [End]
