Released: June 8, 1999
Songwriter: Chad Smith John Frusciante Flea Anthony Kiedis
Producer: Rick Rubin
[Verse 1]
Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation
An' little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotation
And if you want these kind of dreams, it's Californication
It's the edge of the world and all of Western civilization
The sun may rise in the east at least it settled in a final location
It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin, is this your chin or is that war you're waging?
Firstborn unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
[Verse 2]
Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard, it's Californication
Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement
And Cobain, can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station to Station?
And Alderaan's not far away, it's Californication
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Born and raised by those who praise control of population
Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean no vacation
First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar they're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest, there is no test but this is what you're craving
First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation
An' little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotation
And if you want these kind of dreams, it's Californication
It's the edge of the world and all of Western civilization
The sun may rise in the east at least it settled in a final location
It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin, is this your chin or is that war you're waging?
Firstborn unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
[Verse 2]
Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard, it's Californication
Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement
And Cobain, can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station to Station?
And Alderaan's not far away, it's Californication
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Born and raised by those who praise control of population
Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean no vacation
First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar they're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest, there is no test but this is what you're craving
First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
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- Californication (Deluxe Version) (1999)
- Greatest Hits (2003)
- That’s Aught: The ’00s Pop Culture Box (2018)
- The Millennial Mixtape (2019)
- Californication
- Under the Bridge
- Can’t Stop
- Scar Tissue
- Otherside
- Snow (Hey Oh)
- 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’