Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers · Live in Hyde Park [2004]
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication
It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin is this your chin
Or is that war your waging
[Chorus:]
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
It's Californication
Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderaan's not far away
It's Californication
Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population everybody's been there
and
I don't mean on vacation
[Chorus]
Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
From Californication
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you're craving
[Chorus]
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Californication" stands as a defining track from their 1999 masterpiece of the same name, though this specific recording appears on the 2004 Hyde Park concert album. The song exemplifies the band's signature fusion of funk, rock, and psychedelic elements, driven by the interplay between Anthony Kiedis's melodic vocals and Flea's bass lines. It captures the group's ability to blend political commentary with infectious groove, becoming an anthem for alternative rock during the late 1990s. The live version on the Hyde Park release showcases the band's dynamic energy and improvisational prowess, further cementing the track's legacy as a staple of their discography and a cultural touchstone for the genre.

