Today's slow drag is with "The Other Side of Summer" from "Mighty Like a Rose," released in 1991. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag   References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "The Other Side of Summer" http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Other_Side_Of_Summer   "The Other Side of Summer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_9f1xuloo "The Other Side of Summer" Music Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0hN-puTdA "Stand Like Greyhounds…" https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/191850.html     "Give It Away Now" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_uHJPUlO8    Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Earthbound":http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Wendy_James:_Now_Ain%27t_The_Time_For_Your_Tears http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Earthbound "Earthbound" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Xs6Mhe9tU   Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   "The Other Side of Summer" Lyrics 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 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   (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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