The Other Side Of Summer

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Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics

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


(Repeat 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


(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


Credits

Elvis Costello - vocals, bass (intro) and guitar
Larry Knechtel - grand piano and keyboards
Pete Thomas - drums, tambourine, sleigh bells and castanets
T-Bone Wolk - bass
Jerry Scheff - fuzz bass
James Burton - acoustic guitar
Benmont Tench - tack piano
Mitchell Froom - keyboards
Richard Page - vocals
Steven Soles - vocals
Steve George - vocals


Discography

Albums:

Singles:

  • This section may be incomplete.

Collections:

Alternate Versions:

  • The Other Side Of Summer (MTV Unplugged version)
Mighty Like A Rose (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002
  • This section may be incomplete.

Soundtracks:

  • none

Various Artists collections:

  • none

Covers

Recorded by:

  • none
  • This section may be incomplete.

Performed by:

  • none
  • This section may be incomplete.

Bootlegs

  • This section is incomplete.

Chords

Bass Intro:

4/4                3/4
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , .
|-----------------|-------------|
|-0-----0---0-----|-------------|
|---------------2-|---0---------|
|-----------------|-------3-----|


     G
The sun struggles up another beautiful day
             Em       Am      D
And I felt glad in my own suspicious way
G             C/G         G           Cm/G
 Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
    G              Em             Am
Despite the contradiction and confusion
       D             C
Felt tragic without reason
                            D
There's malice and there's magic in every season

Chorus
 
G                   G/F            Am7/E     Cm/Eb
 From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf
    G      Em      Am D
The other side of Summer
G               G/F            Am7/E   Cm/Eb
To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf
    G     D       Am/G G
The other side of Summer

G Bm Am G

               Dm                          Bb              A7
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
      Dm                       Gm      A7
The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice
     Dm             Dm/C        Bb          A7
The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
  D                      A7               D            (B C  B    A  D)   D
A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
   (B    C  B   A   D)  D
So help her if you can
(B   C   B     A    D) D
'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
 
Chorus

                Dm               Bb           A7
Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"?
  Dm                              Gm                A7
A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"?
     Dm          Dm/c    Bb                A7
The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop
     D               A7               D
The pop princess is downtown shooting up
(B  C  B     A  D)
And if that goddess
 D (B C   B   A  D)  
    is fit for burning
 D    (B   C   B    A    D) 
  The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning

 G
Madman standing by the side of the road saying
                   Em               Am               D      
"Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes"
G             C/G         G           Cm/G
 Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
 G               Em          Am                  D               C
Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take
                     D
Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake

Chorus

     G         G/F
The mightiest rose
    Am7/E       Cm/Eb
The absence of perfume
     G      Em
The casual killers
     Am       D
The military curfew
     G         G/F
The cardboard city
       Am7/E     Cm/Eb
And an unwanted birthday
    G      D/G     Am/G G
The other side of summer
     G           G/F               Am7/E     Cm/Eb
The dancing was desperate and the music was worse
      G         Em         Am         D
They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless
     G           G/F
Goodnight, God bless
           Am7/E          Cm/Eb
And kiss "goodbye" to the earth
    G      D/G     Am/G G
The other side of summer

(repeat last line)

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