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.
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 big 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."
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 military curfew.
The cardboard city,
And the unwanted birthday.
The other side of summer.
The dancing was desperate, the music was worse,
They bury your dreams, they dig up the worthless.
Goodnight,
God bless,
And kiss goodbye to the earth.
The other side of summer.
