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

Latest revision as of 05:20, 24 April 2009

lyrics for
The Other Side Of Summer

The sun struggles up another beautiful day
And I felt glad in my own suspicious way
Despite the contradiction and confusion
Felt tragic without reason
There's malice and there's magic in every season

(chorus):
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 '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

(chorus)

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"
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

(chorus)

The mightiest rose
The absence of perfume
The casual killers
The military curfew
The cardboard city
An 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