But a world without end
Where no soul can descend
There will be no summertime
And a world without heroes
Is like a never ending race
Is like a time without a place
A pointless thing devoid of grace
Where you don’t know what you’re after
Or if something’s after you
And you don’t know why you don’t know
In a world without heroes
We’ll build a world of our own
that no one else can share.
All our sorrows we’ll leave far behind us there.
And I know you will find
there’ll be peace of mind
when we live in a world of our own.
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I’m old-fashioned, say I’m over the hill
Today’s music ain’t got the same soul
I like that old time rock ‘n’ roll
People said we couldn’t play
The called us foul-mothed yobs
But the only notes that really count
Are the ones that come in wads
They all drowned when the air turned blue
'Cos we didn’t give a toss
Filthy lucre, ain’t nothing new
But we all get cash from the chaos
The time is right to do it now
The greatest rock ‘n’ roll swindle
The time is right to do it now
Dancin’ in the streets of Hyannis
We were getting pretty good at the game
People stood in line and didn’t seem to mind
You know everybody knew our name
Livin’ on rock-n-roll music
Never worry 'bout the things we were missing
When we got up on the stage and got ready to play
Everybody’d listen.
Listen! To what the flower people say
Listen! It’s getting louder every day
Listen! It’s like a bolt out of the blue
Listen! It could be calling out for you
D’ya wanna know what’s wrong with the world?
Everywhere there’s people with no flowers in their hair
If you’re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you’re going to San Francisco
You’re gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day.
I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.;
California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day.
Stopped in to a church I passed along the way.
Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray.
You know the preacher liked the cold;
He knows I’m gonna stay.
California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day.
From the South Bay to the Valley
From the West Side to the East Side
Everybody’s very happy
'Cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A. (We love it)
I love L.A. (We love it)
I wonder why we waste our lives here
When we could run away to paradise
But I am held in some invisible vice
And I can’t get away
To live and die in LA
Black California
Crush the innocent mind
Girl I ought to warn you
My reputation’s unkind
But you knew that anyway
Black California
Black California
Change your lives at the Speed Of Light
Show them fear and they’ll show you the knife
All the gold in California is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills
In somebody else’s name, so if you’re dreaming about California
It don’t matter at all where you’ve played before
California’s a brand new game
Psychic spies from China
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
I’m a spy in the house of love
I know the dream that you’re dreamin’ of
I know the word that you long to hear
I know your deepest, secret fear
And in the daylight
A blackbird makes a violent sight
And when she is done
She sleeps beside the wild
Yes, If I know the truth about you…She-cat…
To look at the single man I’ve got on me a special radar,
And the fire department’s hot line in case I get in trouble later
Not looking for cute little divas or rich city guys that just want to enjoy
I’m having a very good time and behave very bad in the arms of a boy
There’s a she wolf in the closet,
Open up and set it free [wolf sound]
There’s a she wolf in the closet,
Let it out so it can breathe [inhales, exhales]
But I’m not below
Anybody I know
If there’s a chance of resurrecting our love
I’m not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began
Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I’m not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man