The Other Side of Summer

The sun struggles up another beautiful day
 And I felt glad in my own suspicious way
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 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 pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
 The 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
 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"
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 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 and dig up the worthless
 Goodnight, God bless and kiss "Goodbye" to the earth
 The other side of summer, the other side of summer
 The other side of summer, the other side of summer
 The other side of summer, the other side of summer
 The other side, other side, other side, other