RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALIFORNICATION

Around The World

All around the worldWe could make timeRompin’ and a stompin’’Cause I’m in my prime

Born in the northAnd sworn to entertain ya’Cause I’m down forThe state of Pennsylvania

I try not to whineBut I must warn ya’Bout the girlsFrom California

Alabama babySaid hallelujahGood god girlI wish I knew ya

I know I know for sureThat life is beautiful around the worldI know I know it’s youYou say hello and then I say I do

Come back baby’Cause I’d like to sayI’ve been around the worldBack from Bombay

Fox hole lovePie in your faceLiving in and outOf a big fat suitcase

Bonafide rideStep aside my JohnsonYes I couldIn the woods of Wisconsin

Wake up the cakeIt’s a lake she’s kissin’ meAs they do whenWhen they do in Sicily

I know I know for sureThat life is beautiful around the worldI know I know it’s youYou say hello and then I say I do

Where you want to go

Who you want to beWhat you want to doJust come with me

I saw God And I saw the fountainsYou and me girlSittin’ in the Swiss mountains

Me Oh My OMe and Guy OFreer than a bird’Cause we’re rockin’ Ohio

Around the worldI feel dutifulTake a wife’Cause life is beautiful

I know I know for sure$%%&*^&^$#$@##%&^*(*(&%%^$%$I know I know it’s you&*%^$#@#$%^&*&()**%%$#@#$%*%

Mother Russia do not sufferI know you’re bold enoughI’ve been around the worldAnd I have seen your loveI know I know it’s you

You say hello then I say I do

Parallel Universe

Deep inside of a parallel universeIt’s getting harder and harderTo tell what came first

Under water where thoughts can breathe EasilyFar away you were made in a seaJust like me

Chorus:Christ I’m a sidewinder I’m aCalifornia KingI swear it’s everywhereIt’s everything

Staring straight up into the skyOh my my a solar system that fits

In your eye Microcosm

You could die but your never dead spider webTake a look at the stars inYour head fields of space kid

Chorus x 2

Psychic changes are born in your heart EntertainA nervous breakthrough that makes us the sameBless your heart girl

Kill the pressure it’s raining onSalty CheeksWhen you hear the beloved songI am with you

Chorus x 2

Scar Tissue

Scar tissue that I wish you sawSarcastic mister know it allClose your eyes and I’ll kiss you ’causeWith the birds I’ll shareWith the birds I’ll shareThis lonely viewWith the birds I’ll shareThis lonely view

Push me up against the wallYoung Kentucky girl in a push-up braFallin’ all over myselfTo lick your heart and taste your health ’causeWith the birds I’ll shareThis lonely view...

Blood loss in a bathroom stallSouthern girl with a scarlet drawlWave good-bye to ma and pa ’causeWith the birds I’ll shareWith the birds I’ll shareThis lonely viewWith the birds I’ll shareThis lonely view

Soft spoken with a broken jawStep outside but not to brawlAutumn’s sweet we call it fallI’ll make it to the moon if I have to crawl andWith the birds I’ll share

This lonely view...

Scar tissue that I wish you sawSarcastic mister know it allClose your eyes and I’ll kiss you ’causeWith the birds I’ll shareWith the birds I’ll shareThis lonely viewWith the birds I’ll shareThis lonely view...

Otherside

Chorus:How long how long will I slideSeparate my side I don’tI don’t believe it’s badSlit my throatIt’s all I ever

I heard your voice through a photographI thought it up it brought up the pastOnce you know you can never go backI’ve got to take it on the otherside

Centuries are what it meant to meA cemetery where I marry the seaStranger things could never change my mindI’ve got to take it on the othersideTake it on the othersideTake it on Take it on

Chorus

Pour my life into a paper cupThe ashtray’s full and I’m spillin’ my gutsShe wants to know am I still a slutI’ve got to take it on the otherside

Scarlet starlet and she’s in my bedA candidate for my soul mate bledPush the trigger and pull the threadI’ve got to take it on the othersideTake it on the othersideTake it onTake it on

Chorus

Turn me on take me for a hard ride

Burn me out leave me on the othersideI yell and tell it thatIt’s not my friendI tear it down I tear it downAnd then it’s born again

Chorus

How long I don’t believe it’s badSlit my throatIt’s all I ever

Get On Top

Get on Top Get on Top

Hit me come get me I bite but she bit me

Go-rilla cunt-illaSammy D and SalmonellaCome with me ’cause I’m an ass killerYou’re ill but I’m iller

I’ll malinger on your block andGive the finger to a cop andPick a lock before I knock andSet you up to get on top

Chorus:Complications of a mastermindLast temptation of my kindExtra planetary signWhen do we alignAll in timeRight on

Get up come sit up I light but she lit up

Grass Hopper Show StopperThe life of a Wife SwapperCome with me ’cause I’m a big bopperYou do but I wopper

Exterminate my causeYou want to draw some strawsBe the one to see my flawsMake me bleed with painted claws

Chorus

Get on Top Get on Top

Hit me come get me I bite but she bit me

Speed Baller Rhodes ScholarBottom Bitch And a Bottom DollarCome with me ’cause I’m a Free FallerYou hoot but I holler

I’ll malinger on your blockGive the finger to a cop andPick a lock before I knock onSet you up to get on top

Get on Top

Californication

Psychic spies from ChinaTry to steal your mind’s elationLittle girls from SwedenDream of silver screen quotationsAnd if you want these kind of dreamsIt’s Californication

It’s the edge of the worldAnd all of western civilizationThe sun may rise in the EastAt least it settles in the final locationIt’s understood that Hollywoodsells Californication

Pay your surgeon very wellTo break the spell of agingCelebrity skin is this your chinOr is that war your waging

Chorus:First born unicornHard core soft pornDream of CalifornicationDream of Californication

Marry me girl be my fairy to the worldBe my very own constellationA teenage bride with a baby insideGetting high on informationAnd buy me a star on the boulevardIt’s Californication

Space may be the final frontierBut it’s made in a Hollywood basementCobain can you hear the spheresSinging songs off station to stationAnd Alderon’s not far awayIt’s Californication

Born and raised by those who praiseControl of population everybody’s been there andI don’t mean on vacation

Chorus

Destruction leads to a very rough roadBut it also breeds creationAnd earthquakes are to a girl’s guitarThey’re just another good vibrationAnd tidal waves couldn’t save the worldFrom Californication

Pay your surgeon very wellTo break the spell of agingSicker than the restThere is no testBut this is what you’re craving

Chorus

Easily

Easily let’s get carried awayEasily let’s get married todayShao Lin shouted a roseFrom his throatEverything must goA lickin’ stick is thickerWhen you break it to showEverything must go

The story of a woman on the morning of a warRemind me if you will exactly what we’re fighting for

Calling calling for something in the airCalling calling I know you must be there

Easily let’s get caught in a waveEasily we won’t get caught in a cageShao Lin shakin’ for the sakeOf his soul — Everything must goLookin’ mighty tired ofAll the things that you ownEverything must go

I can’t tell you who to idolizeYou think it’s almost overBut it’s only on the riseCalling callingFor something in the airCalling calling I know you must be there

The story of a woman on the morning of a warRemind me if you will exactly what we’re fighting for

Throw me to the wolves becauseBecause there’s order in the packThrow me to the skyBecause I know I’m coming back

Shao Lin shakin’ for the sakeOf his soul — Everything must goLookin’ mighty tired ofAll the things that you ownEverything must go

The story of a woman on the morning of a warRemind me if you will exactly what we’re fighting for

Calling calling for something in the airCalling calling I know you must be there

I don’t want to be your little research monkey boyThe creature that I am is only going to destroy

Throw me to the wolves Because there’s order in the packThrow me to the skyBecause I know I’m coming back

Easily

Porcelain

PorcelainAre you wasting away in your skinAre you missing the love of your kinDrifting and floating and fading away

PorcelainDo you smell like a girl when you smileCan you bear not to share with your childDrifting and floating and fading away

Little luneAll dayLittle lune

PorcelainDo you carry the moon in your wombSomeone said that you’re fading too soonDrifting and floating and fading away

PorcelainAre you wasting away in your skinAre you missing the love of your kinNodding and melting and fading away

Little luneAll dayLittle lune...

Emit Remmus

The California animal is a bearAngeleno but the devil may careSummer time to talk and swearLater maybe we could share some airI’ll take you to the movies thereWe could walk through Leicester SquareWhat could be wetter thanAn English girl American man

Chorus: London in the summer timeCall me now use the satelliteLondon in the summer timeCuss me out and it’ll feel all right

Hesitate but don’t refuseThe choice was yours but you said chooseThe look she used was green and sharpStabbed that boy all in his heartCome what may the cosmos willTake me up and down on Primrose HillWhat could be wetter thanAn English girl American man

Chorus

Cuss me out and it’ll feel all rightIt’s all right nowCall me now use the satelliteIt’s all rightIt’s all right

Down and out and it’ll sound all rightIt’s all right nowIt’s all right

The California flower is poppy child

Felony sends me all the gold in your smileDrift away from anyone you canNothing ever goes according to planThough I know that every river bendsTime to say hello to snow on the ThamesWhat could be wetter thanAn English girl American man

Chorus

I Like Dirt

Some come up and some come youngLive to love and give good tongueSit down get down in the sunRocket to the woman is on the one

Chorus:I like dirtI like dirtI like dirtI like dirt

The earth is made of dirt and woodAnd I’d be water if I couldLive in a dreamIn your streamLive in a dream

Some come up and some come youngLive to love and give good tongueSit down get down in the sunRocket to the woman is on the one

Chorus

Some come slow and overloadMust roll over when you’re toldLet’s unzip and let’s unfoldA letter to the pet better get it to go

Chorus

Space is made of everythingAnd I’d be fire that I bringLive in a dreamIn your springLive in a dream

Some come slow and overloadMust roll over when you’re toldLet’s unzip and let’s unfoldA letter to the pet better get it to go

Chorus

Some come up and some come youngLive to love and give good tongueSit down get down in the sunRocket to the woman is on the one

Chorus

Some come up and some come youngLive to love and give good tongueSit down get down in the sunRocket to the woman is on the one

This Velvet Glove

Close to my skinI’m falling inSomeone who’s been

Sittin’ by the phoneI’m left aloneIn another zone

John says to live above hellMy will is well

No one is waiting For me to failMy will could sail yeah

It’s such a waste to be wastedIn the first placeI want to taste the taste ofBeing face to face with common graceTo meditate on the warmest dreamAnd when I walk alone I listenTo our secret theme

Your solar eyes are likeNothing I have ever seenSomebody closeThat can see right throughI’d take a fall and you knowThat I’d do anythingI will for you

Sailin’ for the sun’Cause There is oneKnows where I’m from

I care for youI really do I really do

Come closer nowSo you can lieRight by my side

Sit alone in the sunI wrote a letter to youGetting over myself

Your solar eyes are likeNothing I have ever seenSomebody closeThat can see right throughI’d take a fall and you knowThat I’d do anythingI will for you

Your solar eyes are likeNothing I have ever seenSomebody closeThat was made for youI’d take a fall and you knowThat I’d do anythingI will for you

Close to my skinSomeone who’s beenI’m a falling in

Disasters areJust another starFalling in my yard

John says to live above hellMy will is well

Long to be with Someone to tellI love your smell

Savior

Dusting off your saviorYou were always my favoriteAlways my man — All in a hand

To celebrate you is greaterNow that I can — Always my man

Now you see what I came forNo one here is to blame forMisunderstand — All in a hand

Chorus

Plain and simple painI want to but I can’t complain

Death row let us goIt’s time to blow up for the show

All the world reverberatedComing through we motorcadedVibrate when we operatedTurning up in solid stated

Oh Lord

Road Trippin’

Road trippin’ with my two favorite alliesFully loaded we got snacks and suppliesIt’s time to leave this townIt’s time to steal awayLet’s go get lostAnywhere in the U.S.A.

Let’s go get lostLet’s go get lost

Chorus:Blue you sit so prettyWest of the oneSparkles light with yellow icingJust a mirror for the sunJust a mirror for the sunJust a mirror for the sun

These Smiling eyes are just a mirror for

So much as come before those battles lost and wonThis life is shining more forever in the sunNow let us check our headsAnd let us check the surfStaying high and dry’sMore trouble than it’s worthIn the sun

Just a mirror for the sunJust a mirror for the sunJust a mirror for the sun

These Smiling eyes are just a mirror for

In Big Sur we take some time to linger onWe three hunky dory’s got our snakefinger onNow let us drink the starsIt’s time to steal awayLet’s go get lostRight here in the U.S.A

Chorus

These smiling eyes are just a mirror forThese smiling eyes are just a mirror forYour smiling eyes are just a mirror for

Just like you ’cause you made meAll that I am — All in a hand

A butterfly that flaps its wingsAffecting almost everythingThe more I hear the orchestraThe more I have something to bringAnd now I see you in a beautifulAnd different lightHe’s just a man and any damage doneWill be all rightCall out my nameCall and I came

Dusting off your saviorForgiving any behaviorHe’s just a man — All in a hand

Your hero’s destined to waverAnyone can — Always my man

I would never betray youLook at me who could raise youFace in the sand — Safe in your hand

You were always my favoriteAlways my man — All in a hand

We are the red hots andWe’re loving up the love me notsThe flowers in your flower potsAre dancing on the table topsAnd now I see you in a beautifulAnd different lightHe’s just a man and everything he doesWill be all rightCall out my nameCall and I came

Dusting off your saviorThe life that you have narratedYou were my man

Purple Stain

To finger paint is not a sinI put my middle finger inYour monthly blood is what I winI’m in your house now let me spin

Python power straight from MontyCelluloid loves got a John Frusciante

Spread your head and spread the blanketShe’s too free and I’m the patient

Black and white a red and blueThings that look good on youAnd if I scream don’t let me goA purple stain — I know

Knock on wood we all stay good’Cause we all live in HollywoodWith Dracula and Darla HoodUnspoken words were understood

Up to my ass in alligatorsLet’s get it on with the alligator hatersDid what you did – did what you saidWhat’s the point yo what’s the spread

Black and white a red and blueThings that look good on youAnd if I scream don’t let me goA purple stain – I knowAnd if I call for you to stayCome hit the funk on your wayIt’s way out there but I don’t care’Cause this is where – I go

Knock on wood we all stay good’Cause we all live in HollywoodWith Dracula and Darla HoodUnspoken words were understood

It’s way out thereBut I don’t care’Cause this is whatI want to wear

Knock on wood we all stay good’Cause we all live in Hollywood

To finger paint is not a sinI put my middle finger inYour monthly blood is what I winI’m in your house now let me spin

Feather light but you can’t move thisFarley is an angel and I can prove thisPurple is a stain upon my pillowLet’s Sleep weeping willow

Black and white a red and blueThings that look good on youAnd if I scream don’t let me go

A purple stain — I knowAnd if I call for you to stayCome hit the funk on your wayIt’s way out there but I don’t care’Cause this is where – I go

Knock on wood we all stay good’Cause we all live in HollywoodWith Dracula and Darla HoodUnspoken words were understood

It’s way out thereBut I don’t care’Cause this is whatI want to wear

Knock on wood we all stay good’Cause we all live in Hollywood

Right On Time

One shot all I needI’ve got rhythm when I bleed

’Til death do us partBreak my heart so I can start

SupercalifragilisticKiss me in the futuristicTwisted but I must insistIt’s time to get on top of this

Chorus:It’s right on timeIt’s right on timeIt’s right on timeIt’s right on time it’s right on time it’s right on timeit’s right on timeLookin’ fine you’re lookin’ fine get on 1999It’s right on time

Discard to bombardCalling all you shooting stars

Holy cow bow wow wowNow I’m here I’m nowhere now

Joan of Arc reincarnatedMaybe we could be relatedSo much blood to circulateAnd so much space to decorate

All songs written by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, Chad Smith©1999 Moebetoblame Music BMILyrics reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Produced by Rick Rubin

Engineered and Mixed by Jim ScottAdditional Engineering: John Sorenson, Greg Fidelman, Greg Collins, David SchiffmanAssistant Engineers: John Sorenson, Greg Collins, Jennifer Hilliard, Ok Hee KimOur Man: Louis "Make It So" MathieuProduction Coordinator: Lindsay ChaseRecorded at Ocean Way RecordingMixed at The VillageMastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studio, New York, NY

Greg Kurstin played keyboards, and appears courtesy of Luaka Bop Records

Patrick Warren played Chamberlin Organ on "Road Trippin’"

Management: Q Prime Inc.

Advisor: Eric Greenspan

All Photographs by Sonya Koskoff except back cover by Tony Wooliscroft

Art Direction: Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lawrence Azerrad

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Produced by Rick RubinBonus Tracks Mixed by Chris Holmes and Assisted by Paul Fig at Sound City Van Nuys, CA

Mastered by Bernie Grundman

Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Time Warner Company. 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505-4694. 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019-6908. çπ1999 Warner Bros.Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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