Verse 1:
Psychic spies from China
FATry to steal your mind's elation
LAmLittle girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
DO SOLAnd if you want these kind of dreams
FA REIt's Californication
LAm FA x2
Verse 2:
LAm
It's the edge of the world
FAAnd all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
FAAt least it settles in the final location
DO SOLIt's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication
Pre Chorus:
LAm
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
LAmCelebrity skin is this your chin
FAOr is that war your waging
First born unicorn
LAm FAHardcore soft porn
Chorus
DO SOL RE LAm
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Verse 3:
LAm
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
LAmA teenage bride with a baby inside
FAGetting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
FA REIt's Californication
LAm FA x2
Verse 4:
LAm
Space may be the final frontier
FABut it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
FASinging songs off station to station
DO SOLAnd Alderon's not far away
It's Californication
Pre Chorus 2:
LAm
Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population
LAmEverybody's been there and
FAI don't mean on vacation
First born unicorn
LAm FAHardcore soft porn
Chorus
Dream of Californication
DO SOL REDream of Californication
DO SOL RE LAmDream of Californication
Dream of Californication
FA#m RE FA#m RE
FA#m RE FA#m RE
SIm RE LA MI x3
Verse 5:
LAm
Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
LAmAnd earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
FAThey're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
FA REFrom Californication
LAm FA x2
Pre Chorus 3:
Pay your surgeon very well
FATo break the spell of aging
LAmSicker than the rest there is no test
But this is what you're craving
LAm FAFirst born unicorn
LAm FAHardcore soft porn
Chorus
Dream of Californication
DO SOL REDream of Californication
DO SOL RE LAmDream of Californication
Dream of Californication
The song is about Hollywood, the decline of Western society, pornography, plastic surgery, Kurt Cobain, Star Trek and Star Wars.