[Verse 1] I know the streets that raised me You grew up with two names for rain I learned to read the bus signs You learned a different line You call it soup, I call it stew Same thing, different pot When you strip away the labels We're cooking what we've got [Pre-Chorus] You've got your side I've got mine Still we're here At the same time [Chorus] We are world citizens You and me World citizens That's what we are Different places Different lives Same world turning Day and night World citizens You and me World citizens That's what we will be [Verse 2] My neighbor's fixing up his fence Yours just planted something new Mine's yelling at the football Yours is arguing it too We both burn the rice sometimes We both lock ourselves out Different words for ordinary things Same old life somehow [Pre-Chorus] Your street, my street Same old sun Coming up On everyone [Chorus] We are world citizens You and me World citizens That's what we are Different places Different lives Same world turning Day and night World citizens You and me World citizens That's what we will be [Bridge] I'm not asking for no borders By tomorrow afternoon I'm not asking everybody To start singing the same tune Keep your language Keep your home Keep the things you love and know Just leave a little room beside you For somebody you don't know [Instrumental Break] [Warm electric guitar, answered by saxophone] [Final Chorus] We are world citizens You and me World citizens That's what we are Different places Different lives Same world turning Day and night World citizens You and me World citizens That's what we will be [Outro] You and me You and me World citizens That's what we will be
