[Intro]
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[Verse 1]

Psychic spies 

from China
       
Try to steal y

our mind's ela

tion

Little girls f

rom Sweden
         
Dream of silve

r screen quota

tions
             
And if you wan

        
t these kind o

f dreams
             
It's Californi


cation


[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
        
It's the edge 

of the world
           
And all of wes

tern civilizat

ion
    
The sun may ri

se in the East
            
At least it se

ttled in a fin

al location
             
It's understoo

       
d that Hollywo

od
             
sells Californ

 
ication


[Interlude]
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[Pre-Chorus 1]

Pay your surge

on very well
   
To break the s

pell of aging
  
Celebrity skin

, is this your

 chin?
   
Or is that war

 you're waging

?
            
   First born 

    
unicorn
            
   Hardcore so

    
ft porn


[Chorus]
            
Dream of Calif

         
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

         
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]

Marry me girl,

 be my fairy t

o the world
      
Be my very own

 constellation
  
A teenage brid

e with a baby 

inside
        
Getting high o

n information
             
And buy me a s

           
tar on the bou

levard
             
It's Californi


cation


[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]

Space may be t

he final front

ier
         
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 Californi


cation


[Interlude]
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  Ooooo - oooo

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h   Oooo -  oo

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ooh

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Born and raise

d by those who

 praise
   
Control of pop

ulation

Everybody's be

en there and
   
I don't mean o

n vacation
            
   First born 

    
unicorn
            
   Hardcore so

    
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[Chorus]
            
Dream of Calif

         
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

         
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication


[Solo]
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
   
Destruction le

ads to a very 

rough road
       
But it also br

eeds creation
    
And earthquake

s are to a gir

l's guitar
        
They're just a

nother good vi

bration
             
And tidal wave

           
s couldn't sav

e the world
             
From Californi


cation


[Interlude]
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  Ooooo - oooo

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h   Oooo -  oo

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ooh

[Pre-Chorus 3]

Pay your surge

on very well
   
To break the s

pell of aging

Sicker than th

e rest, there 

is no test
     
But this is wh

at you're crav

ing
            
   First born 

    
unicorn
            
   Hardcore so

    
ft porn


[Chorus]
            
Dream of Calif

         
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

         
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication