Around The World

Album: Californication (1999)
Charted: 35
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  • All around the world, we could make time
    Rompin' and a-stompin' 'cause I'm in my prime
    Born in the North and sworn to entertain ya
    'Cause I'm down for the state of Pennsylvania
    I try not to whine, but I must warn ya
    'Bout the motherfuckin' girls from California
    Alabama baby said, "Hallelujah"
    Good God, girl, I wish I knew ya

    I know, I know for sure
    That life is beautiful around the world
    Well, I know, I know it's you
    You say, "Hello" and then I say, "I do"

    Come back, baby, 'cause I'd like to say
    I've been around the world, back from Bombay
    Fox hole love, pie in your face
    Livin' in and out of a big fat suitcase
    Bonafide ride, step aside, Mike Johnson
    Yes, I could, in the woods of Wisconsin
    Wake up the cake, it's a lake, she's kissin' me
    As they do when they do in Sicily

    I know, I know for sure
    That life is beautiful around the world
    Well, I know, I know it's you
    You say, "Hello" and then I say, "I do"

    Where you wanna go? Who you wanna be?
    What you wanna do? Just come with me
    Oh, I saw God and I saw the fountains
    You and me, girl, sittin' in the Swiss mountains
    Me, oh my, oh, me and Guy O
    Freer than a bird 'cause we're rockin' Ohio
    Around the world, I feel dutiful
    Take a wife 'cause life is beautiful

    I know, I know for sure
    Ding, dang, dong, dong, ding, ding, dong, dong, ding, dang
    Well, I know, I know it's you
    Ding, dang, dong, dong, ding, ding, dong, dong, ding, dang
    Mother Russia, do not suffer, I know you're bold enough
    I've been around the world and I have seen your love
    Well, I know, I know it's you
    You say, "Hello" and then I say, "I do" Writer/s: Anthony Kiedis, Chad Gaylord Smith, John Anthony Frusciante, Michael Peter Balzary
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Agnes from Cracov, PolandThat bass riff sounds similar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-l_T6AuNk
    o_O
  • Lyle from Farmington,Hmmm can someone tell me what happen to Johns guitar when they played this at Woodstock99 during the intro!?!
  • Dylan from Texas, Txgreat song on a great album
  • Doug from Las Vegas, NvMy favorite song on this album especially the bass and the guitar and Anthony yelling. What a kick-ass way to start an album that is kick-ass.
  • Jacob Huffman from Rancho Cucamonga, CaGood song I think its the best on the album.
  • Allyson from In My Own Little World, TxWhat I'm about to say isn't insightful, interesting or deep, but OMG I LOVE THIS SONG. lol. Very interesting about the 'Alabama baby' line.
  • Grayson from Cleveland, Ohexcellent opening song for this album. i think it and Scar Tissue are the best songs on Californication.
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