DANI CALIFORNIA
Anthony Kiedis/Dave Navarro/Michael Balzary/Chad Smith

Getting born in the state of Mississippi
Papa was a copper and Mama was a hippie
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama
She never knew that there was anything more than poor
What in the world does [bad word] take me for
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana, robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana
She's [bad word]  rebel and a stunner 
On her merry way sayin', "Baby whatcha gonna"
Looking down the barrel of a hot metal .45
Just another way to survive

California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah

She's a lover, baby, and a fighter
Shoulda seen [bad word]  when it got a little brighter
With a name like Dani California
The day was [bad word] when I was gonna mourn ya

little loaded she was stealin' another breath
I love my baby to death

California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah

Who knew the other side of you?
Who knew what others died to prove?
Too [bad word] to say goodbye to you
Too [bad word] to say, say, say

Push the fader, gifted animator
One for the now and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota

Down in the Badlands, she was savin' the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh
Gone too fast

California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah

California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah