The Other Side Song Lyrics by Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron
Right here, right nowI put the offer outI don’t wanna chase you downI know you see itYou run with meAnd I can cut you freeOut of the drudgery and walls you keep inSo trade that typical for something colorfulAnd if it’s crazy, live a little crazyYou can play it sensible, a king of conventionalOr 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 rideIt’ll take you to the other side‘Cause you can do like you doOr you can do like meStay in the cage, or you’ll finally take the keyOh, damn, suddenly you’re free to flyIt’ll take you to the other side
Okay, my friend, you want to cut me inWell, I hate to tell you, but it just won’t happenSo thanks, but noI think I’m good to go‘Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I’m trapped inNow I admire you, and that whole show you doYou’re onto something, really it’s somethingBut I live among the swells, and we don’t pick up peanut shellsI’ll have to leave that up to you
Don’t you know that I’m okay with this uptown part I get to play‘Cause I got what I need and I don’t want to take the rideI don’t need to see the other sideSo go and do like you doI’m good to do like meAin’t in a cage, so I don’t need to take the keyOh, damn, can’t you see I’m doing fineI 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 townDisgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns
But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a littleJust let me give you the freedom to dreamAnd it’ll wake you up and cure your achingTake your walls and start ’em breakingNow that’s a deal that seems worth takingBut I guess I’ll leave that up to you
Well, it’s intriguing, but to go would cost me greatlySo what percentage of the show would I be taking?
Well, fair enough, you’d want a piece of all the actionI’d give you seven, we could 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 rideTo the other sideSo if you do like I doSo if you do like meForget the cage, ’cause we know how to make the keyOh, damn, suddenly we’re free to flyWe’re going to the other sideSo if you do like I do(To the other side)So if you do like me(Going to the other side)‘Cause if we do we’re going to the other sideWe’re going to the other side