Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Lyrics
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Dani California Lyrics
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Getting born in the state of Mississippi
Papa was a copper and mama was a hippie
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama
She never knew that there was anything more than poor
What in the world does your company take me for
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana
robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana
She's a runner, rebel and a stunner
On her merry way sayin; baby whatcha gonna
Lookin' down the barrel of a hot metal .45
Just another way to survive
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
She's a lover baby and a fighter
Shoulda seen it coming when it got a little brighter
With a name like Dani California
The day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya
A little loaded, she was stealing another breath
I love my baby to death
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
Who knew the other side of you?
Who knew that others died to prove
Too true to say good bye to you
Too true, too sad sad sad..
Push the fader gifted animator
One for the now and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota
Down in the badlands she was savin' the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh
Gone too fast..
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release,
California show your teeth,
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release,
California show your teeth,
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
Papa was a copper and mama was a hippie
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama
She never knew that there was anything more than poor
What in the world does your company take me for
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana
robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana
She's a runner, rebel and a stunner
On her merry way sayin; baby whatcha gonna
Lookin' down the barrel of a hot metal .45
Just another way to survive
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
She's a lover baby and a fighter
Shoulda seen it coming when it got a little brighter
With a name like Dani California
The day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya
A little loaded, she was stealing another breath
I love my baby to death
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
Who knew the other side of you?
Who knew that others died to prove
Too true to say good bye to you
Too true, too sad sad sad..
Push the fader gifted animator
One for the now and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota
Down in the badlands she was savin' the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh
Gone too fast..
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release,
California show your teeth,
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release,
California show your teeth,
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
YEAH, YEAH
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Dani California Info:
• Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, & John Frusciante share writing credits on the song. Rick Rubin produced the track for the album 'Stadium Arcadium'.
• The single was released on May 2nd, 2006 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks & Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
• American History X director Tony Kaye, directed the music video. The video won a 2006 2006 MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction.
• The song won two 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.
• The song is about a young Southern girl, Dani, who dies after living a hard/fast life. Dani is the same girl in the 1999 song Californication 'Teenage bride with a baby inside/Gettin' high on information' & By The Way 'Dani the girl'.
• The single was released on May 2nd, 2006 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks & Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
• American History X director Tony Kaye, directed the music video. The video won a 2006 2006 MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction.
• The song won two 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.
• The song is about a young Southern girl, Dani, who dies after living a hard/fast life. Dani is the same girl in the 1999 song Californication 'Teenage bride with a baby inside/Gettin' high on information' & By The Way 'Dani the girl'.