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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
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| The Other Side Of Summer |
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| Written by | Declan MacManus |
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| Performed by | Elvis Costello |
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| Produced by | Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & D.P.A. MacManus |
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| Vocal arrangement | Elvis Costello & Mitchell Froom |
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| Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, intro bass, acoustic 12-string guitar
Larry Knechtel - grand piano
Pete Thomas - drums, tambourine, sleigh bells, side drum, castanets
T-Bone Wolk - bass
Jerry Scheff - fuzz 6-string bass
James Burton - acoustic guitar
Benmont Tench - tack piano
Mitchell Froom, Larry Knechtel - toy piano, tack piano, Vox Continental calliope, Cox organ, Stereophonic Optigon
Elvis Costello, Richard Page, Steven Soles, Steve George - vocal group |
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| Recorded | late 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood, and Westside Studios, London |
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| Released | April 1991 |
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| Albums | Mighty Like A Rose, 1991 |
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| Singles | The Other Side Of Summer, 1991
So Like Candy (Germany/Australia) |
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| Collections | Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years, 1997
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999 |
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| Various Artists collections | Montreux Jazz Festival 25 Ans, 1991
It's A Warnerful World, 1995
Il British Pop, 2004 (Italy) |
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| Promos | Follow Our Trax Volume Six: Fluid Formations, 1991
HitDisc 888B, 1991
Top Selection 1991 June, 1991
Promo Nr. 11, 1991
Malice And Magic (Japan), 1994
Selections From Armed Forces - Imperial Bedroom - Mighty Like A Rose, 2002 |
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| Videos | The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 |
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| Length | 3:53 |
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