The Other Side of Summer

The sun struggles up another beautiful day

And I felt glad in my own suspicious way

(Yeah) Yeah, (Yeah) Yeah

(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

A teenage girl is crying 'cause she don't look like a million dollars

So help her if you can

'Cause 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

(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 other side of summer)

The military curfew

The cardboard city

An a unwanted birthday

The other side of summer

The dancing was desperate, the music was worse

They bury your dreams they dig up the worthless

(The other side of summer)

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 of summer

(The other side of summer)

The other side, the other side

(Side, side, side)

The other side of, oh-oh-oh