[Verse 1]
If you should be bored in California
I'm sure I'm not the first to warn ya
Don't read in too much to all the signs and turns
Keep your wits about you and your mind freedom

[Verse 2]
If you should be bored in California
I'm sure I'm not the last to warn ya
The natives scaled the mountains for the promise of the sea
But deemed the land unworthy of them evidently

[Chorus]
We salute the sun because
When the day is done
We can't believe what we've become
Something else to prey upon
Evidently
It's just another vanity
Another something to believe
Curse of the contemporary

[Chorus]
We salute the sun because
When the day is done
We can't believe what we've become
Something else to prey upon
Evidently
It's just another vanity
Another something to believe
Curse of the contemporary
(Curse of the contemporary)
[Verse 3]
If you should be bored in California
I'm sure I'm not the first to warn ya
Don't read in too much to all the signs and turns
Keep your wits about you and your mind freedom

[Verse 4]
If you should be bored in California
I'm sure I'm not the last to warn ya
The natives scaled the mountain for the promise of the sea
But deemed the land unworthy of them evidently

[Chorus]
We salute the sun because
When the day is done
We can't believe what we've become
Something else to prey upon
Evidently
It's just another vanity
Another something to believe
Curse of the contemporary

[Outro]
(Curse of the contemporary)
We salute the sun because
When the day is done
We can't believe what we've become
Something else to prey upon
(Curse of the contemporary)
Evidently
It's just another vanity
Another something to believe
Curse of the contemporary