[Intro]
(drums)
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[Verse 1]
            
 Getting born 

       
in the state o

f Mississippi,
            
Her Poppa was 

              
a copper and h

   
er Momma was a

 hippie
          
 In Alabama sh

e would swing 

a hammer,
            
Price you gott

              
a pay when you

 
 break the pan

orama
           
 She never kne

              
w that there w

          
as anything mo

re than poor,
           
 What in the w

              
orld does your

       
 company take 

me for?

[Verse 2]
            
Black bandana,

 
 sweet Louisia

na,
            
Robbin' on a b

           
ank in the sta

te of Indiana,
            
 She's a runne

   
r, rebel and a

 stunner,
            
On her merry w

            
ay sayin', "ba

by whatcha gon

na"
            
  Lookin' down

             
 the barrel of

            
 a hot metal .


45,
            
  Just another

           
 way to surviv

e

[Chorus]
            
California, Re

       
st In Peace,
            
Simultaneous r

  
elease,
           
California, sh

        
ow your teeth,
            
She's my pries

             
tess, I'm your

   
 priest, yeah,

 yeah

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
            
 She's a lover

  
, baby and a f

ighter,
            
Shoulda seen i

              
t coming when 

   
it got a littl

e brighter,
            
 With a name l

     
ike "Dani Cali

fornia",
            
Day was gonna 

          
come when I wa

s gonna mourn 

ya,
           
 A little load

            
ed, she was st

        
ealing another

 breath
           
 I love my bab

       
y to death

[Chorus]
            
California, Re

       
st In Peace,
            
Simultaneous r

 
elease,
           
California, sh

        
ow your teeth,
            
She's my pries

             
tess, I'm your

   
 priest, yeah,

 yeah

[Bridge]
            
 Who knew the 

            
other side of 

    
you?
            
 Who knew what

            
 others died t

        
o prove?
           
 Too true to s

             
ay goodbye to 

   
you

 Too true, too

 sad, sad, sad

[Verse 4]
            
 Push the fade

   
r, gifted anim

ator,
            
One for the no

       
w and eleven f

or the later,
            
 Never made it

 
 up to Minneso

ta,
            
North Dakota m

         
an was a gunni

n' for the quo

ta
           
 Down in the B

              
adlands she wa

           
s saving the b


est for last,
           
 It only hurts

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 when I laugh;

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  gone too fas

t

[Chorus]
            
California, Re

       
st In Peace,
            
Simultaneous r

 
elease,
           
California, sh

        
ow your teeth,
            
She's my pries

             
tess, I'm your

 |  |
 priest, yeah,

 yeah

            
California, Re

      
st In Peace,
           
Simultaneous r

 
elease,
           
California, sh

        
ow your teeth,
            
She's my pries

             
tess, I'm your

 |  |
 priest, yeah,

 yeah

[Outro Solo]
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