Cover art for Handful by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Handful Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wanna splash some water all over my face
I'll stick and move, you know I don't feel no disgrace
I'll take it all off so everyone can see
The damage that I am, all the troubles that I be

[Chorus]
Someone to roll me right over
Handful of love when it's time to get older, yeah

[Verse 2]
There's a chapter in my book that I don't want you read
There's a chapter in my life where I failed to succeed
I wanna take your smell inside my dirty mind
You put a spell on me, no, I'm not the dying kind

[Chorus]
Someone to roll me right over
Handful of love when it's time to get older

[Post-Chorus]
Someone to love for the rest of your days
Out on the road
Sky turns to water and night into days
Someone to hold
[Verse 3]
I need to see you comin' 'round my front door
It don't matter why, nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah, it don't matter what for
Let's turn your body into a drive-in movie screen
You can shoot 'em all down so they won't steal my dream

[Chorus]
Someone to roll me right over
Handful of love when it's time to get older

[Post-Chorus]
Someone to love for the rest of your days
Out on the road
Sky turns to water and night into days
Someone to hold

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
I wanna splash a little love on your face
You fill me right up while you put me in my place
God only knows what she's got up her sleeve
And God only goes to the places that we need

[Chorus]
Someone to roll me right over
Handful of love when it's time to get older
Someone to roll me right over
Handful of love when it's time

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Saxophone
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Bass
Recorded At
Shangri-La, Malibu, CA
Release Date
October 14, 2022
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