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"California" is a song by Lana Del Rey from her upcoming sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell.

Background

Del Rey posted a snippet of the song on Instagram on April 3, 2019.[1]

Titles fans gave the snippet were "You Don't Ever Have To" and "Be Stronger". On July 30th, fans discovered the official title was "California" after using Shazam to identify the snippet from Instagram.

Cross-references

Lyrics

[Intro]
(One, two)

[Verse 1]
You don't ever have to be stronger than you really are
When you're lying in my arms
Baby, you don't ever have to
Go faster than your fastest pace
Or faster than my fastest cars

[Pre-Chorus]
I shouldn't have done it but I read it in your letter
You said to a friend that you wish you were doing better
I wanted to reach ya' but I never said a thing
I shouldn't have done it but I read it in your letter
You said to a friend that you wish you were doing better
I wanted to call you but I didn't say a thing
(Two, three, four)

[Chorus]
Ooh, I'll pick you up
If you come back to America, just hit me up
'Cause this is crazy love
I'll catch you on the flipside
If you come back to California
You should just hit me up
We'll do whatever you want, travel wherever, have fun
We'll hit up all the old places
We'll have a party, we dance till dawn
I'll pick up all of your folks and all of your Rolling Stones
Your favorite liquor off the top-shelf
I'll throw a party, all night long

[Verse 2]
You don't ever have to be stronger than you really are
When you're lying in my arms
And honey, you don't ever have to
Act cooler than you think you should
You're brighter than the brightest stars

[Pre-Chorus]
You're scared to win, scared to lose
I've heard the war was over if you really choose
The one in and around you
You hate the heat, you got the blues
You're changing like the weather, oh, that's so like you
The same hand, I'll lose you
(two, three, four)

[Chorus]
Ooh, I'll pick you up
If you come back to America, just hit me up
'Cause this is crazy love
I'll catch you on the flipside
If you come back to California
You should just hit me up
We'll do whatever you want, travel wherever, have fun
We'll hit up all the old places
We'll have a party, we dance till dawn
I'll pick up all of your folks and all of your Rolling Stones
Your favorite liquor off the top-shelf
I'll throw a party, all night long

[Outro]
Ooh, I'll pick you up
If you come back to America, just hit me up
'Cause this is crazy love
I'll catch you on the flipside
If you come back to California
You should just hit me up

References

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