Released: July 9, 2002
Songwriter: Chad Smith Flea John Frusciante Anthony Kiedis
Producer: Rick Rubin
[Verse 1]
This is the place where all the junkies go
Where time gets fast but everything gets slow
Can I get some Vaseline? Step into a modern scene
Take a chance on that which seems to be the making of a dream
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna do it like my daddy did
I don't wanna give it to my baby's kid
[Chorus]
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
[Verse 2]
This is the place where all the devils plead
Their case to take from you what they need
Can I isolate your gene? Can I kiss your dopamine?
In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna say it if it isn't so
I don't wanna weigh it but I've got to know
[Chorus]
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
[Bridge]
I saw you out there yesterday, what did you wanna say?
A perfect piece of DNA caught in a flashing ray
I caught you out there in the fray, what did you wanna say?
A master piece of DNA caught in a flashing ray
[Verse 3]
Can I smell your gasoline?
Can I pet your wolverine?
On the day my best friend died
I could not get my copper clean
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna take it up with little Joe
I don't wanna fake it but I've gotta know
[Chorus]
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
[Outro]
I am a misfit, I'm born with all of it
The fucking ultimate of love inside the atom split
I'm in a flash ray, a mash of DNA
Another popping Jay who thinks he's got something to say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
This is the place where all the junkies go
Where time gets fast but everything gets slow
Can I get some Vaseline? Step into a modern scene
Take a chance on that which seems to be the making of a dream
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna do it like my daddy did
I don't wanna give it to my baby's kid
[Chorus]
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
[Verse 2]
This is the place where all the devils plead
Their case to take from you what they need
Can I isolate your gene? Can I kiss your dopamine?
In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna say it if it isn't so
I don't wanna weigh it but I've got to know
[Chorus]
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
[Bridge]
I saw you out there yesterday, what did you wanna say?
A perfect piece of DNA caught in a flashing ray
I caught you out there in the fray, what did you wanna say?
A master piece of DNA caught in a flashing ray
[Verse 3]
Can I smell your gasoline?
Can I pet your wolverine?
On the day my best friend died
I could not get my copper clean
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna take it up with little Joe
I don't wanna fake it but I've gotta know
[Chorus]
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
[Outro]
I am a misfit, I'm born with all of it
The fucking ultimate of love inside the atom split
I'm in a flash ray, a mash of DNA
Another popping Jay who thinks he's got something to say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-woah-woah
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- Dani California
- Dark Necessities
- By the Way
- Give It Away
- Goodbye Angels
- Black Summer
- Soul to Squeeze
- The Zephyr Song
- Wet Sand
- Go Robot
- Around the World
- Sick Love
- Encore
- Don’t Forget Me
- Dosed
- The Getaway
- The Longest Wave
- Road Trippin’