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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ryan Hewitt
Recording Engineer
Vlado Meller
Mastering Engineer
Jim Scott
Mixing Engineer
Rick Rubin
Producer
Lyrics
This is the place where all the junkies go
Where time gets fast but everything gets slow
Can I get some Vaseline, step into a modern scene
Take a chance on that which seems to be the making of a dream
I don't wanna do it like my daddy did
I don't wanna give it to my baby's kid
This is my calling, I said my darling
Shocking, appalling, all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said my darling
Shocking, appalling, all I can do to you
This is the place where all the devils plead
Their case to take from you what they need
Can I isolate your gene, can I kiss your dopamine
In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine
I don't wanna say it if it isn't so
I don't wanna weigh it but I've got to know
This is my calling, I said my darling
Shocking, appalling, all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said my darling
Shocking, appalling, all I can do to you
I saw you out there yesterday
What did you wanna say?
A perfect piece of DNA
Caught in a flashing ray
I caught you out there in the fray
What did you wanna say?
A masterpiece of DNA
Caught in a flashing ray
Can I smell your gasoline? Can I pet your wolverine?
On the day my best friend died I could not get my copper clean
I don't want to take it up with Little Joe
I don't want to fake it but I've gotta know
This is my calling, I said my darling
Shocking, appalling, all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said my darling
Shocking, appalling, all I can do to you
I'm a misfit, I'm born with all of it
The fucking ultimate of love inside the atom split
I'm in a flash ray a mash of DNA
Another popinjay who thinks he's got something to say
Writer(s): Michael Balzary, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith
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