We Turn Red

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Described as a funked-up tour of destinations in America’s East, South, Midwest, and Southwest, “We Turn Red” was the third track to be previewed ahead of the release of… Read More

Jun. 9, 20161 viewer37.1K views

We Turn Red Lyrics

[Intro]
We got large and we got small
We got a swimming pool and a cannon ball
We turn red and we turn green
It's the craziest thing I've ever seen

[Verse 1]
Lost my mind 'cause I'm on the plastic
Who knew it's so damn drastic
Show me what it is you believe in
Slowly she sinks all her teeth in
Do you want to go fishing in New Orleans?
Do you want to get up early in the morning?
Take me to the river where we do the little storming
Hallelujah, I feel it warming

[Pre-Chorus]
Sitting here I count the moons
The orders we obeyed
Every night 'fore we go to bed
I watch while the others pray

[Chorus]
Send it off through Delaware just
Make it fair for the legionnaires
Paint a simple portrait of my kind
Permission to the heartless bombs
Gold Plated Hate and the waitress moms
Serving up the stories of my mind

[Verse 2]
Mexico, you are my neighbor
Home of the let's be braver
Give me all your sick and your tired
Races that we admire
Do you want to go dancing in Chicago?
Trinidad's got it bad for Tobago
Take me to the lake where we do the Avocado
Hallelujah, a desparado

[Pre-Chorus]
Sitting here I count the moons
The orders we obeyed
Every night 'fore we go to bed
I watch while the others pray

[Chorus]
Send it off through Delaware just
Make it fair for the legionnaires
Paint a simple portrait of my kind
Permission to the heartless bombs
Gold Plated Hate and the waitress moms
Serving up the stories of my mind
Coming down from the deserts where you
Caught a glimpse of the billionaire
Tell me I'm the right one for the ride
Paper signs out on the lawns
Gold minds and the priceless pawns
Does your canyon really open wide?

[Outro]
We got large and we got small
We got a swimming pool and a cannonball
We turn red and we turn green
It's the craziest thing I've ever seen

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Described as a funked-up tour of destinations in America’s East, South, Midwest, and Southwest, “We Turn Red” was the third track to be previewed ahead of the release of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ eleventh studio album, The Getaway.

Bassist Flea explained the track’s layered writing process in an official video released by the band on June 11th 2016. Through this process, Flea says:

We kept our live energy, but we gained this thoughtfulness in writing… When you’re building like that and you’re kinda taking time and thinking about each part as you write it, there’s a new kind of thoughtfulness that comes into the creative process.