F Eb          D
Life is dull, life is gray
       Gm        Dm    Em   C
At its best it's just OK
        F  Eb    D
But I'm happy to report:
Db           F
Life is also short


[Verse 2]
     Bb          Bbm         F
So I find myself back in California
      Bb     Gm      C
I'm a coolie for the tourists
      Bb    Gm C
Those happy Epicureans
F                     Bb           C       C/Bb B/A C/G
Evil specters from my own suburban upbringing


[Verse 3]
F                     Bb              Db      F
As I reveal points of interest, I can chat so pleasantly
         Bb   Gm     C                Bb   Gm C
But it's hard to be cheerful when you feel so hopeless
F                              Bb
And there's no reason for this dark mood
Gm            F         D7
It will pass; it will return
    G           C      C/Bb B/A C/G
But will I ever learn?


[Verse 4]
F                   Bb        Db             F
And the children of privilege begging for my spare change
        Bb  Gm    C           Bb       Gm      C
Do they need my assistance to purchase their intoxicants?
F                              Bb
Or would they best be served a swift kick
Gm                    F               D7
Slowly sinking in the vast ambivalent sea
   G7  C7  F
Of California