Released: June 8, 1999
Songwriter: Chad Smith Anthony Kiedis John Frusciante Flea
Producer: Rick Rubin
[Verse 1]
Deep inside of a parallel universe
It's getting harder and harder to tell what came first
Under water where thoughts can breathe easily
Far away you were made in a sea just like me
[Chorus]
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
[Verse 2]
Staring straight up into the sky
Oh my my
A solar system that fits in your eye
Microcosm
You could die but you're never dead
Spider web
Take a look at the stars in your head
Felds of space kid
[Chorus]
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
[Verse 3]
Psychic changes are born in your heart
Entertain
A nervous breakthrough that makes us the same
Bless your heart, girl
Kill the pressure it's raining on
Salty cheeks
When you hear the beloved song
I am with you
[Chorus]
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
[Instrumental Outro]
Deep inside of a parallel universe
It's getting harder and harder to tell what came first
Under water where thoughts can breathe easily
Far away you were made in a sea just like me
[Chorus]
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
[Verse 2]
Staring straight up into the sky
Oh my my
A solar system that fits in your eye
Microcosm
You could die but you're never dead
Spider web
Take a look at the stars in your head
Felds of space kid
[Chorus]
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
[Verse 3]
Psychic changes are born in your heart
Entertain
A nervous breakthrough that makes us the same
Bless your heart, girl
Kill the pressure it's raining on
Salty cheeks
When you hear the beloved song
I am with you
[Chorus]
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
Christ, I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King
I swear it's everywhere, oh, it's everything
[Instrumental Outro]
- Californication (1999)
- Californication (Deluxe Version) (1999)
- Greatest Hits (2003)
- 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’