[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            
   Getting bor

         
n in the state

 of Mississipp

i,
            
Pappa was a co

             
pper and her M


omma was a hip

py,
            
   In Alabama 


she will swing

 a hammer,
            
Price you got 

              
to pay when yo

  
u break the pa

norama,
           
   She never k

              
new that there

            
 was anything 

 
more than poor

,
            
   What in the

             
 world, what d

            
oes your compa

    
ny take me for

?
            
Black bandana,

  
 sweet Louisia

na,
            
Robbing on a b

           
ank in the sta

te of Indiana,
            
   She's a run

     
ner, rebel and

 a stunner,
            
On her merry w

           
ay saying "Bab

y watcha gonna

?",
            
   Looking dow

             
n the barrel o

            
f a hot metal 


45,
            
   Just anothe

           
r way to survi

ve

[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

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
            
   She's a lov

    
er, baby and a

 fighter,
            
Sh-shoulda see

              
n it coming wh

      
en it got a li

ttle brighter,
            
   With a name

        
 like "Dani Ca

lifornia",
            
Day was gonna 

          
come when I wa

s gonna mourn 

ya,
           
   A little lo

              
aded, she was 

         
stealing anoth

er breath,
           
   I love my b

         
aby 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 th

        
e other side o

f you?
           
   Who knew wh

          
at others died

 to prove?
           
   Too true to

         
 say goodbye t

o you
           
   Too true, t

   
oo sad, sad, s

ad

[Verse 3]
            
   Pushed the 

        
fader, gifted 

animator,
            
One for the no

         
w, and eleven 

for the later,
            
   Never made 

   
it up to Minne

sota,
            
North Dakota m

          
an, was a-gunn

in' for the qu

ota,
            
   Down in the

             
 Badlands she 

            
was saving the

  
 best for last

,
           
   It only hur

           
ts when I laug

h,
         
Gone too fast

[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]
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