[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 


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

ttles in the f

inal location
             
It's understoo

        
d that Hollywo

od
             
sells Californ

               
ication 


[Pre-Chorus]


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

 


[Chorus]

            
First born uni

   
corn
            
Hard core soft

   
 porn
            
Dream of Calif

        
ornication 
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication 
            
Dream of Calif

        
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication 


[Verse 2]


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 


Space may be t

he final front

ier 
      
But it's made 

in a Hollywood

 basement 

Cobain, can yo

u hear the sph

eres 
           
Singing songs 

off station to

 station 
             
And Alderon's 


not far away
             
It's Californi

               
cation 


[Pre-chorus]


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 


[Chorus]

            
First born uni

   
corn
            
Hard core soft

   
 porn
            
Dream of Calif

        
ornication 
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication 
            
Dream of Calif

        
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication 


[Solo]

   
   
   
   
   
   


[Verse 3]


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 


[Pre-chorus]


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 


[Chorus]

            
First born uni

  
corn
            
Hard core soft

  
 porn
            
Dream of Calif

        
ornication 
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

        
ornication
            
Dream of Calif

    
ornication