Elvis Costello - The Other Side Of Summer lyrics

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