the other side of summer
Singer:costello, elvis
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
to the burning forests in the hills of astroturf
the automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
the pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
a teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
'cos she don't seem to have the attention span
was it a millionaire who said imagine no possessions"?