Elvis Costello - The Other Side of Summer (unplugged version) Lyrics

Lyrics The Other Side of Summer (unplugged version) - Elvis Costello



The sun struggles up another beautiful day
And I felt glad in my own suspicious way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Despite the contradiction and confusion
Felt tragic without reason
There's malice and there's magic in every season
From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf
The other side of summer
To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf
The other side of summer
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice
The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
The teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
So help her if you can
'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf
The other side of summer
To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf
The other side of summer
Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"?
A poor little schoolboy who said, "We don't need no lessons"?
The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop
The pop princess is downtown shooting up
And if that goddess is fit for burning
The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning
Madman standing by the side of the road saying
"Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes"
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now you can't afford to fake
All the drugs your parents used to take
Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake
From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf
The other side of summer
To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf
The other side of summer
The mightiest rose, the absence of perfume
The casual killers, the military curfew
The cardboard city and the unwanted birthday
The other side of summer
The dancing was desperate, the music was worse
They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless
Goodnight, God bless and kiss "Goodbye" to the earth
The other side of summer, the other side of summer
The other side of summer, the other side of summer
The other side of summer, the other side of summer
The other side, other side, other side, other



Writer(s): ELVIS COSTELLO


Elvis Costello - Mighty Like a Rose
Album Mighty Like a Rose
date of release
19-11-2002

1 Just Another Mystery
2 Michievous Ghost
3 Couldn’t Call It Unexpected No. 2 (interlude)
4 Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) (unplugged version)
5 Deep, Dark Truthful Mirror (unplugged version)
6 The Other Side of Summer (unplugged version)
7 Hurry Down Doomsday [The Bugs Are Taking Over]
8 Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4
9 Broken
10 Sweet Pear
11 Playboy To A Man
12 So Like Candy
13 Georgie And Her Rival
14 After The Fall
15 Harpies Bizarre
16 Invasion Hit Parade
17 How To Be Dumb
18 Couldn’t Call It Unexpected No. 4 (live)
19 Sweet Pear (home demo)
20 St. Stephen’s Day Murders
21 Forgive Her Anything (home demo)
22 All Grown Up (home demo)
23 Georgie and Her Rival (home demo)
24 It Started to Come to Me (home demo)
25 I Still Miss Someone / The Last Town I Painted (demo)
26 Put Your Big Toe in the Milk of Human Kindness
27 Invasion Hit Parade (home demo)
28 Just Another Mystery (home demo)
29 Broken (home demo)




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