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The Other Side [From The Greatest Showman] Lyrics
[Hugh Jackman]:
Right here, right now,
I put the offer out.
I don't wanna chase you down,
But I know you see it.
You run with me
And I can cut you free
Out of the treachery
And the walls you keep in.
So trade that typical
For something colourful,
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 finally take the key.
Oh, damn,
Suddenly you're free to fly.
It'll take you to the other side.
[Zac Efron]:
Okay, my friend you wanna cut me in,
But I hate to tell you but
It just won't happen.
So thanks, but no.
I think I'm good to go,
Cause I enjoy the life
You say I'm trapped in.
Now I admire you,
And that'll 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 part I get to play,
Cause I got what I need
And I don't wanna take the ride
And I don't need to see the other side.
So go and do like you do,
I'm good to 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.
[Hugh]:
Now is this really how you'd like to spend your days;
Whiskey,
Misery,
And parties and plays.
[Zac]:
If I were mixed up with you
I'd be the talk of the town,
Disgraced and disowned,
Another one of the clowns.
[Hugh]:
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 you're aching.
Take your walls
And start unbreaking.
Now that's a deal
That seems worth taking.
But I guess I'll leave that up to you.
[Zac]:
Well, it's intriguing,
But to go would cost me greatly.
So what percentage of
The show would I be taking.
[Hugh]:
Well, fair enough,
You'd want a piece of all the action.
I'd give you 7,
We can shake and make it happen.
[Zac]:
I wasn't born this morning,
18 would be just fine.
[Hugh]:
Why not just go ahead and ask
For nickels on the dime.
[Zac]:
15.
[Hugh]:
I do 8.
[Zac]:
12.
[Hugh]:
Maybe 9.
[Zac]:
10.
[Both]:
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.
[Hugh]:
So if you do like I do.
[Zac]:
So if you do like me.
[Both]:
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)
Going to the other side.
Cause if you do we're going
To the other side.
We're going to the other side.
I put the offer out.
I don't wanna chase you down,
But I know you see it.
And I can cut you free
Out of the treachery
And the walls you keep in.
For something colourful,
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.
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.
Or you can do like me.
Stay in the cage,
Or you finally take the key.
Oh, damn,
Suddenly you're free to fly.
It'll take you to the other side.
But I hate to tell you but
It just won't happen.
I think I'm good to go,
Cause I enjoy the life
You say I'm trapped in.
And that'll show you do.
You're onto something,
Really it's something.
And we don't pick up peanut shells.
I'll have to leave that up to you.
With this uptown part I get to play,
Cause I got what I need
And I don't wanna take the ride
And I don't need to see the other side.
I'm good to 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.
Whiskey,
Misery,
And parties and plays.
I'd be the talk of the town,
Disgraced and disowned,
Another one of the clowns.
Finally laugh a little.
Just let me give you the freedom
To dream and it'll
Wake you up,
And cure you're aching.
Take your walls
And start unbreaking.
That seems worth taking.
But I guess I'll leave that up to you.
But to go would cost me greatly.
So what percentage of
The show would I be taking.
You'd want a piece of all the action.
I'd give you 7,
We can shake and make it happen.
18 would be just fine.
For nickels on the dime.
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.
Cause we know how to make the key.
Oh, damn,
Suddenly we're free to fly,
We're going to the other side.
To the other side.