The Other Side

Lyrics

Right here, right now
 I put the offer out
 I don't want to chase you down
 I know you see it
 You run with me
 And I can cut you free
 Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in
 So trade that typical for something colorful
 And if it's crazy, live a little crazy
 You can play it sensible, a king of conventional
 Or you can risk it all and see
 Don't you wanna get away
 From the same old part you gotta play?
 'Cause I got what you need
 So come with me and take the ride
 It'll take you to the other side
 'Cause you can do like you do
 Or you can do like me
 Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key
 Oh, damn, suddenly you're free to fly
 It'll take you to the other side
 Okay, my friend, you want to cut me in
 Well I hate to tell you, but it just won't happen
 So thanks, but no
 I think I'm good to go
 'Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I'm trapped in
 Now I admire you, and that whole show you do
 You're onto something, really it's something
 But I live among the swells, and we don't pick up peanut shells
 I'll have to leave that up to you
 Don't you know that I'm okay
 With this uptown card I get to play?
 'Cause I got what I need
 And I don't want to take the ride
 I don't need to see the other side
 So go and do like you do
 And I'ma do like me
 Ain't in a cage, so I don't need to take the key
 Oh, damn, can't you see I'm doing fine?
 I don't need to see the other side
 Now is this really how you like to spend your days?
 Whiskey and misery, and parties and plays
 If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town
 Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns
 But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little
 Just let me give you the freedom to dream
 And it'll wake you up and cure your aching
 Take your walls and start 'em breaking
 Now that's a deal that seems worth taking
 But I guess I'll leave that up to you
 Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly
 So what percentage of the show would I be taking?
 Well fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action
 I'd give you seven, we can shake and make it happen
 I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine
 Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime?
 Fifteen
 I'd do eight
 Twelve
 Maybe nine
 Ten
 Don't you wanna get away
 To a whole new part you're gonna play?
 'Cause I got what you need
 So come with me and take the ride
 To the other side
 So if you do like I do
 So if you do like me
 Forget the cage, 'cause we know how to make the key
 Oh, damn, suddenly we're free to fly
 We're going to the other side
 So if you do like I do (to the other side)
 So if you do like me (we're going to the other side)
 'Cause if we do we're going to the other side
 We're going to the other side
 

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Song Details

Duration
03:28
Key
7
Tempo
153 BPM

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