Alcohol/drinkingI can be your champagne wine
Pick me up and make a toast
Champagne in the air
Fix me up a mixed drink, Bacardi
I been drinkin' Jack and Coke a lot
'Cause I just wanna dream, I just wanna drink
Come on, get drunk
You know you wanna
Open up a beer, you say, "Get over here
And play a video game"
Drinking in the small town firelight
(Pabst Blue Ribbon on ice)
We were skipping school and drinking on the job
With the boss
Drinking cherry schnapps in the velvet night
You sitting, sipping on your Black Cristal, yeah
Cases of Bacardi chasers
Chasing me all over town
We're on a quick, sick rampage
Wining and dining, drinking and driving
Darling, darling
Doesn't have a problem lying to herself
'Cause her liquor's top shelf
Drink all day and we talk 'til dark
(Blue Ribbons on ice)
Play them like guitars, you're like one of my toys
It's so crazy, I could drink it like tequila sunrise
Get out that whiskey
Pour it right quickly
Drink lime green, stay up 'til dawn
Your favorite liquor off the top-shelf
Wine is flowing with Bacardi
Like if you heard I was out in the bars drinkin' Jack and Coke
You just crack another beer
And pretend that you're still hereAmerica/patriotismDirect reference to "Come When You Call Me America"
I'm America's Sweetheart
Trying to get away
Me, your red, white and blue girl
Star spangled danger
A-M-E-R-I-C-A
All I want to do is play
Miss America, with the blue mascara on
I'm Miss America, now I'm gone, baby, gone
And you salute me, Miss America
I'm Lana Del Rey from the U.S. of A
We were two kids livin' life on the run
Like the American dream, baby
Italian alloy, classical American
And I'm America's sweetheart
We were two kids just tryin' to get out
Lived on the dark side of the American dream
Red, white, blue is in the sky
Summer's in the air and, baby, heaven's in your eyes
I fall asleep in an American flag
American dreams came true somehow
I swore I'd chase 'em 'til I was dead
Direct reference to "American"
Is it the end of an era?
Is it the end of America?
Direct reference to "Looking for America"
If you come back to America, just hit me upBiker/motorcyclePut me onto your black motorcycle
I'll be outside pick me up after school
In your Thunderbird, baby blue
Lemonade, motorcycles
Lemonade, motorcycles
They were angels forever
Forever angelsBeach/coast/oceanLyin' on the beach and the hot sun (yeah hot)
Yeah, I want you
God bless the universe, god bless the ocean
Does the ocean inspire, easy rider?
Direct reference to "West Coast"
Direct reference to "High by the Beach"
Let's dance by the ocean
Ah, ah
And all my black beaches are ruinedBeing crazy/insaneWhen you gonna let me drive you crazy like nobody do
My man's crazy and his mind isn't right
Trouble's what feels good to me
Crazy as since I was three
Tell me do you think that's wrong?
Don't cry, honey, crazy girl
Go out every night whenever I feel sad
All this drive-by love got me crazy like a drug
No man can keep me together
Been broken since I was born
Call me before I get stupid
Make me uncrazy like you did
Summer’s almost over, baby
Everybody thinks I’m crazy
You like your girls insane
Because I'm crazy, baby
I need you to come here and save me
You're a careless con and you're a crazy liar, but baby
I tried so hard to act nice like a lady
You taught me that it was good to be crazy
I'm tired of feeling like I'm fucking crazy
Ah, he's in the sky with diamonds and he’s making me crazy
You make me crazy, you make me wild
You're fucking crazy
Oh, oh
You're crazy for me
Put on that Hotel California
Dance around like I'm insane
Put your life out on the line
You're crazy all the time
Be a freak like me, tooBel AirDirect reference to "Bel Air"BlackDirect reference to "Black Beauty"BlueSweeping scents and blue hydrangea
Direct reference to "Baby Blue Love"
They call you Baby Blue
Because it’s your favorite color, boy
All of my, all of my fine china
Blue, ah, blue
Blue hydrangea
Will my forever love never return to me?
My baby lives in shades of blue
Blue eyes and jazz and attitude
Sun and ocean blue
Their magnificence, it don't make sense to you
Say you want me too
Dark blue
Dark blue
Flames so hot that they turn blue
Everything looks better from above, my king
Like aquamarine, ocean's blue
All the lights are sparkling for you, it seems
On the downtown scenes, shady blue
Carry me home, got my blue nail polish on
It's my favorite color and my favorite tone of song
Direct reference to "Hey Blue Baby"
Direct reference to "Blue Banisters"
And there you were with shinin' stars
Standin' blue with open armsCaliforniaBaby, if you wanna leave, come to California
So I moved to California, but it's just a state of mind
The California sun and the movie stars
Direct reference to "California"Cars/drivingWhite Pontiac heaven
All in your car for
Our trip across the U.S.A
We in the Pontiac
From July to July
And you're the best thing I ever seen
So won't you pull up your white corvette
As long as you got the Chevrolet, I will ride
Direct reference to "Driving In Cars With Boys"
Mommy's Mercedes or Billy's pickup truck
Take me in your fast car, Mercedes
Kissing on your neck while you drive, he, he
Hair thinning in the wind
Cadillac convertible with him
We were just teenagers when we fell in love
Driving in your fast car
Pick me up
In a pickup truck
Roll it down
You got it going on
We could drive forever, my baby
We could leave it all and never look back
If you wanted heaven, baby
Sit back in my pink cadillac
Drive me in your car until the sky gets big
Swinging in the backyard, pull up in your fast car
Baby stopping at 7-Eleven
There in his white Pontiac Heaven
I'm feelin' electric tonight
Cruisin' down the coast goin' 'bout 99
Even if you're gone, I'm gonna drive, drive, drive
Take me to the Hamptons, Bugatti Veyron
Drive fast, I can almost taste it now
I drive fast, wind in my hair
I push it to the limits cause I just don't care
I'm driving fast, flash!
Everyone knows it
Gold chains, kissing fly, leaning on your chrome ride
And your white Corvette under willow trees
Hawaiian tropic, dark, and a bottle of jack in the Cadillac
As I drive down the highway
He lives in California too
He drives a Chevy Malibu
Red racing cars, Sunset and Vine
We could cruise to the blues
Wilshire Boulevard if we choose
And we could cruise to the news
Pico Boulevard in your used
Little bullet car if we choose
Carry me home, got my new car and my gun
Wind in my hair, holding your hand, listen to a song
Left the canyon, drove to the club
You've got a Thunderbird, my daddy had one tooCelebrities/iconsWe're like Sid and Nancy loving the fight
You are my Axl Rose husband
Direct reference to "Elvis"
Lookin so good, like an Axl Rose
Bring that velvet Elvis over here
Where the bad boys roll hard, dressin' like James Dean
Where the bad boys blow smoke
Just like they're James Dean
And the it girls blow kisses
Just like Marilyn
The voice of Nirvana says
"Come as you are"
(Maybe we could go to) Suede Tokyo
Or see Van Halen at their reunion show
Heavy metal hour on T.V
Diamond Dave and Ray Lee
Mansfield ringer from the Hollywood silver screen, silver screen
I belong to a bygone era
Like the Scarlett O'Hara of the downtown scene
It was like James Dean for sure
"Springsteen is the King, don’t ya think?"
I was like, "Hell yeah, that guy can sing"
Elvis is the best, hell yes
Elvis is my daddy
Marilyn's my mother
Jesus is my bestest friend
[...]
Whitman is my daddy
I'm living like Jim Morrison
Body electric and I dance like Morrison
And the velvet Elvis and the rosaries
Well, my boyfriend's in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
You've got me all dressed up tonight
Springsteen on the radio
Ground control to Major Tom
Can you hear me all night long?
Ground control to Major Tom
All I hear is Billie Holiday
It's all that I play
Crosby, Stills and Nash is playing
I miss the bar where the Beach Boys would go
Dennis's last stop before Kokomo
Like Sun Ra, feel small
[...]
Listening to White Stripes when they were white-hot
Listening to rock all day long
[...]
I wasn't famous, just listening to Kings of Leon to the beatChateau MarmontChateau Marmont memories fading
I was loungin' at the Chateau Marmont
When you take her to Chateau Marmont
'Cause you booked the top suite
Likes to watch me in the glass room, bathroom
Chateau Marmont, slipping on my red dress, putting on my makeupCherriesYes, I can make you that cherry pie
My, my, apple of my eye
Looking really hot while I make ya cherry pie
Drinking cherry schnapps in the velvet night
My eyes are wide like cherry pies
I see it in his eyes, I’m his cherry pie
Gold hoops, cherry pie, I'm the apple of his eyeCoca-Cola/PepsiPuts them on a roller coaster, lures them in with Coca-Cola!
Jimmy gonna buy me a Coca-Cola
Roller coaster, Coca-Cola
Direct reference to "Coca Colla"
Chic, delicious, sweet tart
Sipping on my Diet Coke
A Coca Cola kid, roller coaster child
Baby, remember, I'm not drinking wine
But that Cherry Coke you serve is fineConey IslandMaybe we could go to Coney Island
I'm your little harlot, starlet
Queen of Coney Island
Eating soft ice cream
Coney Island queen
We're going to Coney IslandCults'Cause I'm your jazz singer and you're my cult leader
I love you forever, I love you forever
"Freak" music videoDiamondsDiamond horseshoe sparkling
Just your diamond to adorn me
Baby's always wanting more
Buyin' diamond jewelry
Diamonds and pearls, your little girl
Direct reference to "Fake Diamond"
One day, my hoops will be made of diamonds
Diamonds are my bestest friend
She laughs like God
Her mind's like a diamond
Um, do you think you'll buy me lots of diamonds?
Ah, he's in the sky with diamonds and he’s making me crazy
I wear my diamonds on Skid Row
I wore diamonds for the birth of your baby
[...]
I wore diamonds for the day of our wedding
Lay me down tonight in my diamonds and pearls
Dope and diamonds
Dope and diamonds
DiamondsDressesBlack eyes
Short dress
I hope you remember me like this
Dancing in the stars in my sundress
Come back baby, come back to me
I'll be in my sundress watching TV
I'll put on your favorite dress and we'll party
Honey, put on that party dress
Hell yes!
Put me in a party dress one time
Black bra, red dress, makeup on
Eyes all on my dress again
I know how this ends
Chateau Marmont, slipping on my red dress, putting on my makeup
I got my red dress on tonight
Dancin' in the dark in the pale moonlight
I'm in his favorite sundress
Watching me get undressed
Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on
I know that I'm a mess with my long hair
And my suntan, short dress, bare feet
Honey, put on that party dress
I remember party dresses
I remember party dresses
Copacabana, yes in my party dress
Put my little red party dress on
Everybody knows that I'm the best, I'm crazy
I'm getting all dressed up tonight
Dressed up just to hear you, boy
When I was a waitress wearing a white dress
Look how I do this, look how I got this
[...]
I was a waitress wearing a tight dressDrugs/getting highIcon
Young star
Heroin fiend
Roller coaster, Coca-Cola
Crystal methamphetamine
I do them drugs to stop the f-food cravings
If you wanna get high with me
I'm in the back doin' crack, drinkin' p-p-pepsi
Jean Paul Gaultier, Versace and yayo
Right line, right man
Right mixture of cocaine and heroin
You are a junkie on your window smiling wide
You bought me dimebags
Felt like we were famous
V is for my valiant Valium baby
E is for the X that we took with champagne
I am lyin', usin' again
Drugs suck it up like vanilla icys
I'll spend my days getting high with all my friends
[...]
Shootin' heroin and speedballs
Direct reference to "Daytona Meth"
I’m shimmering in love on that crystal meth
Are you back in Greenwich, droppin' acid?
Did you leave for Battery with your weed?
Yo soy la princesa, comprende mis white lines
Cooking up a dream, turning diamonds into snow
Yayo, yayo, yayo
And all the dope fiends
Yayo, yayo, yayo
Direct reference to "High by the Beach"
I used to shoot up my veins in neon
[...]
Chances in my veins, running out of time
Those nights were on fire
We couldn't get higher
All the pills that you take
Violet, blue, green, red to keep me at arm's length don't workFireworks'Member how we used to escape for the summer?
Fireworks and sparklers would light up the black skiesGas stations/Convenience storesBeen pumping gas at the Texaco, road to road
Me and Claudeen at the Seven Eleven
Baby, we can go down to 7-Eleven
Baby stoppin' at 7-ElevenGoldWith your golden grill true love never dies
Gold and silver-lined my heart
Gold chains, kissing fly, leaning on your chrome ride
Gold hoops, cherry pie, I'm the apple of his eye
Crying tears of gold like lemonade
Sun in my mouth and gold hoops
Nothing gold can stay
Like love or lemonade
Nothing gold can stayHollywoodIt's like a Hollywood movie
The black and white waves sparkling truly
Mansfield ringer from the Hollywood silver screen, silver screen
Cruising down the street on Hollywood and Vine for you, baby
She's got the best, sparklin' like a Hollywood movie, ahhh
High up in the Hollywood hills taking violet pills
High up in the Hollywood hills crushing violet pills
But Hollywood legends
Will never grow oldIce creamEating soft ice cream
Coney Island queen
La-da-da-da-da
Soft ice creams
Now it's time to eat
Soft ice creamJazz and bluesI'm a pop-blues singer, fam-bam zinger
I'm a bad jazz singer, givin' you the finger
'Cause I'm your jazz singer and you're my cult leader
I love you forever, I love you forever
My baby lives in shades of blue
Blue eyes and jazz and attitude
And my jazz collection's rare
I can play most anything
We could cruise to the blues
Wilshire Boulevard, if we choose
But I lost myself when I lost you
But I still got jazz when I've got those blues
Beatboxing and rapping in the summer rain
Like a boss, you sang jazz and blues
All I hear is Billie Holiday
It's all that I playLas VegasHe doesn't mind I have a Las Vegas past
To Las vegas, chaos
Casino oasis
Honey it is time to spin
We should have left Las Vegas
And then began againLemonadeLemonade, motorcycles
Lemonade, motorcycles
Crying tears of gold like lemonade
Nothing gold can stay
Like love or lemonadeLolitaSicko, psycho, sicko, but he's my beau
Puts them on a roller coaster, lures them in with Coca-Cola!
Direct reference to "1949"
Direct reference to "Lolita"
Direct reference to "Carmen" (Lolita's nickname in the book)
Light of my life, Fire of my loinsLonelinessSometimes I get lonely, millions can hold me now
I feel so alone on a Friday nightLong BeachThat we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C
I miss Long Beach and I miss you, babe
Head to Long Beach to Newport
By your side as they don't yet know where I resideLos AngelesYou were from L.A. but you were all there
You were all right
So I'm going
Back to Santa Monica
New York to L.A
On the streets of LA
Where the future is now
I was a young girl, selfish and wild
Like a fire in LA
I can already taste it, kid
L.A.'s gonna look real good
He doesn't mind I have a LA crass way about me
Now I'm in L.A., and it's paradise
L.A., I don't even have to fake it now
I'm a star child, big smile, living in L.A
We could cruise to the blues
Wilshire Boulevard if we choose
And we could cruise to the news
Pico Boulevard in your used
Little bullet car if we choose
L.A. is in flames, it's getting hotNew York CityGreenwich, I need you
Strangled up in ivy
So I'm going
Back to Santa Monica
New York to L.A
Brooklyn, move my soul like this
Kissin' my stilettos
'Cause I am the baddest girl in NYC
Diet Mountain Dew, baby, New York City
Are you back in Greenwich, droppin' acid?
We could go back to New York
Loving you was really hard
The Queen of New York City
Took a flight to New York City
I miss that Hudson River line
Well, now it's been years since I left New York
I miss New York and I miss the musicNew JerseyI am the New Jersey Dance Queen
He is the construction kingOlder menI like them over 50 (Oh really?)
You got the grin of a very old man
My old man is a bad man
I gots a taste for men who are older
It’s always been, so it’s no surprisePalm treesPalm trees in black and white
Last thing I saw before I died
Palm trees in the light, I can see late at night
Palms reflecting in your eyes, like an endless summerReligion/Christianity/God/JesusI am my only god
Now
What you don't tell no one, you can tell me
Swing it high like Jesus, baby
God bless the universe, god bless the ocean
God bless you and god bless me
I said it's nice to love and be loved
But I'd rather know what God knows
The stone Mary in the garden
She let me know she watching
But I trust in the decision of the Lord
To watch over us
Take him when he may, if He may
I even think I found God
In the flashbulbs of the pretty cameras
Direct reference to "Gods & Monsters"
Let’s take Jesus off the dashboard
Got enough on his mind
Jesus is my bestest friend
Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind
I've always been a strong woman of faith
Got your Bible, got your gun
You talk lots about God
Freedom comes from the call
Direct reference to "God Knows I Tried"RivierasEverything I want, I have
Money, notoriety, and rivierasRosesFlowers in my hair, roses on the vine
Roses in my hair, dancing in the air
Feels like I'm flying
You smell like a million roses
Bathed in rock 'n' roll
There are roses in between my thighs
And a fire that surrounds youSaigonBabe, in the land of sweetness and danger, Queen of Saigon
Down on the West coast, they got their icons
Their silver starlets, their Queens of SaigonsSan FranciscoTook a trip to San Francisco
All our friends said we would jiveSanta MonicaSo I'm going
Back to Santa Monica
New York to L.A
Santa Monica, I'm racing in the lights for you, babySmokingCigarettes, Robitussin
Will I ever get to heaven?
Buy me my peach lip gloss
Cigarettes and lollipops
Smokin' in the back, in our mini skirts
Smokin' all my cigarettes
Missin' what we used to got
With Slurpee machines and organs playing
Preferably with smoking inside
He had a cigarette with his number on it
He gave it over to me, “Do you want it?”
In my white mink, pink cigarettes from the store
Cigar hanging from your lips
I can see my baby swinging
His Parliament's on fire and his hands are up
I'm smokin' while I'm runnin' on my treadmill
So I smoke cigarettes
Just to understand the smogSummerI can be your summertime
Baby, you can call me May
Summer hail and summer stranger
'Member how we used to escape for the summer?
Fireworks and sparklers would light up the black skies
Hot like the summer and mean like a child
Summer’s almost over, baby
Everybody thinks I’m crazy
Direct reference to "Summertime Sadness"
Summer's in the air and, baby, heaven's in your eyes
Summertime is nice and hot
Your hot, hot weather in the summer
Hot, hot, neglectful lover
Or sun or summer days
It's all a game to me anyway
Palms reflecting in your eyes, like an endless summer
That's the way I feel for you
The summer's wild
And I've been waiting for you all this time
Summertime, and the livin's easy
Summer comes, Winter goes
Spring I skip, God knowsSwimming/poolsSuper cool, swimming pool
I want you, you, you, by my swimmin' pool
Watch me in the swimming pool
Bright blue ripples
Yo, we used to go break into the hotel
Glimmering, we’d swimTrailer parksSingin' in the trailer park
Come back to your trailer, come see your queenViolenceDirect reference to "Ultraviolence"
We both know the history of violence that surrounds you