INTRO
 
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VERSE I
 
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Psychic spies from China 
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Try to steal your mind's elation 
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Little girls from Sweden 
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Dream of silver screen quotations 
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And if you want these kind of dreams 
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It's Californication 
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VERSE II
 
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It's the edge of the world 
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And all of western civilization 
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The sun may rise in the East 
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At least it settles in the final location 
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It's understood that Hollywood 
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sells Californication 
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PRE-CHORUS I
 
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Pay your surgeon very well 
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To break the spell of aging 
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Celebrity skin, is this your chin? 
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Or is that war your waging? 
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First born unicorn 
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CHORUS
 
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Dream of Californication 
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Dream of Californication 
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VERSE III
 
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Marry me girl be my fairy to the world 
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Be my very own constellation 
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A teenage bride with a baby inside 
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Getting high on information 
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And buy me a star on the boulevard 
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It's Californication 
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VERSE IV
 
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Space may be the final frontier 
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But it's made in a Hollywood basement 
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Cobain can you hear the spheres 
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Singing songs off station to station? 
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And Alderon's not far away 
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It's Californication 
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PRE-CHORUS II
 
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Born and raised by those who praise        
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Control of population  
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Everybody's been there and 
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I don't mean on vacation 
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First born unicorn 
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CHORUS
 
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Dream of Californication 
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Dream of Californication 
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Dream of Californication 
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Dream of Californication 
 
GUITAR SOLO / INTERLUDE
 
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VERSE V
 
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Destruction leads to a very rough road 
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But it also breeds creation 
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And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar 
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They're just another good vibration 
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And tidal waves couldn't save the world 
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From Californication 
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PRE-CHORUS III
 
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Pay your surgeon very well 
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To break the spell of aging 
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Sicker than the rest there is no test 
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But this is what you're craving 
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First born unicorn 
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Hardcore soft porn 
 
CHORUS
 
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Dream of Californication 
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Dream of Californication 
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Dream of Californication 
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Dream of Californication