THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER
ELVIS COSTELLO
SONGWRITERS: Declan
MacManus & Elvis Costello
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE
LABEL: WARNER BROS.
RECORDS
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK
YEAR: 1991
Mighty
Like A Rose is the 13th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis
Costello, released in 1991 on compact disc as Warner
Brothers 26575. The title is presumably a
reference to the pop standard "Mighty
Lak' a Rose", and although that song
does not appear on the album, the words of its first stanza are quoted in the
booklet of the 2002 reissue: 23 It peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart, and
at No. 55 on the Billboard 200.
"The
Other Side of Summer" is a single from Elvis
Costello's 1991 album Mighty
Like A Rose, written by Costello. The song
was co-produced by Costello, Mitchell
Froom and Kevin Killen.
A Beach Boys pastiche, the song featured a Wall of Sound production. The single reached number 43 in the UK Singles Chart and charted in Canada and Australia. It also reached number 1 on the
US Modern
Rock Tracks chart and number 40 on the Album
Rock Tracks chart.
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 if 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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