Dani California

Intro

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  Getting born in the state of Mississippi

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Papa was a copper, and her mama was a hippy

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  In Alabama she would swing a hammer

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Price you got to pay when you break the panorama

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  She never knew that there was anything more than poor

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  What in the world does your comppany take me for?

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Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana

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Robbing on a bank in the state of Indiana

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  She's a runner

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Rebel, and a stunner

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On her merry way saying baby, watcha gonna?

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  Looking down the barrel of a hot metal forty-five

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  Just another way to survive

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California, rest in peace

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Simultaneous release Ca

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lifornia, show your teeth

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She's my priestess

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I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah.

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  She's a lover

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Baby, and a fighter

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Should've seen it coming when I got a little brighter

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  With a name like Dani California

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Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya

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  A little loaded, she was stealing another breath

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  I love my baby to death

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California, rest in peace

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Simultaneous release Ca

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lifornia, show your teeth

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She's my priestess

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I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah.

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  Who knew the other side  of you?

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  Who knew that others died  to prove?

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  Too true to say goodbye   to you

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  Too true to say, say,  say

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  Pushed the fader

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Gifted animator

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One for the now

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And eleven for the later

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  Never made it up to Minnesota

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North Dakota man

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Wasn't gunnin' for the quota

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  Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last

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  It only hurts when I laugh

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Gone too fast

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California, rest in peace

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Simultaneous release Ca

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lifornia, show your teeth

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She's my priestess

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I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah.

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California, rest in peace

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Simultaneous release Ca

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lifornia, show your teeth

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She's my priestess

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I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah.

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