Poison Ivy



Artist: The Coasters (peak Billboard position # 7 in 1959)

Words and Music by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller



(Thought by some to not be about a plant at all, but rather a young lady with a social disease)



She comes on like a rose but everybody knows

She'll get you in Dutch

You can look but you better not touch



Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y

Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'

Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound



She's pretty as a daisy but look out man she's crazy

She'll really do you in

If you let her under your skin



Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y

Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'

Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound



Measles make you bumpy

And mumps'll make you lumpy

And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch

A common cold'll fool ya

And whooping cough can cool ya

But poison ivy, Lord'll make you itch!!



You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion

You'll be scratchin' like a hound

The minute you start to mess around



Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y

Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'

Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound



Measles make you bumpy

And mumps'll make you lumpy

And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch

A common cold'll fool ya

And whooping cough can cool ya

But poison ivy, Lord'll make you itch!!



You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion

You'll be scratchin' like a hound

The minute you start to mess around



Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y

Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'

Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound





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