Against Me!

I Am Citizen

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Christ we were dying in the streets running one last anthem through your heart. Swearing life on liberty I'll take a dream an ideal die sound in a lonely death. Pass this compromise on...... My regrets to Columbus (GA) and nothing more when Reagan became the final word. Just one month later they shot Lennon dead, will anybody cry for me? All nations claim until the day that I die, I am citizen. We'll let music rule our life, celebrate shortcomings. If it's not angry young and beautiful, I don't want any part of it. Who do you have to cheat to get what you want, who do you lie to, to get what you need? You deserve everything you got coming to you...

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b-pot On Apr 09, 2004

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2004-04-09 00:57:15

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by richie89

20y ago

Beautiful. Thats Fucking Poetry.

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by deaffromsilence

19y ago

My favorite Against Me! song, one of my favorite songs period. The lyrics are some of the best I've ever heard.

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by dannyv

19y ago

greatest song cant get any better than that

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by JelloWasRight

18y ago

I love this song..but I don't understand what happened in Columbus?

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by Skycmefalling

18y ago

I would also like to know what the Columbus reference is about.

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by Skycmefalling

18y ago

I would also like to know what the Columbus reference is about.

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