This Is the Place

by Red Hot Chili Peppers

From the album: By the Way

Duration: 04:17

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Lyrics for This Is the Place

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 want to do it like my Daddy did I don't want to 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 want to say it if it isn't so I don't want to 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 want to say A perfect piece of DNA Caught in a flashing ray I caught you out there in the fray What did you want to 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 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'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 poppin' Jay who thinks he's got something to say

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