An Ocean of Poison Ivy Songtext
von Dick Valentine

You said for me to take whatever I need
So I′m taking it, and remaking it
Into an ocean of poison ivy
You said for me to face my fear till I bleed
So I'm facing it, and thus erasing it
Into a backdrop of gold and grey

Listen to him bitching as he learns
All that surgery was for nothing
And you′ll find him itching from his burns
'Cause that perjury was really something
Bad, we've got a live one
Too bad we gotta throw him in the hole

You′re dead to me
So I thought I could be free of your judgment and accusations
I built a house on the salty steam
Such an instinctive need
So I planted a seed in your memories, you won′t forget me
And I extinguish your fears for a fee


Driving to a new life in Long Beach
From a Hollywood that no longer loves us
Steely tangles just beyond our reach
And we're breathing in the strangest fungus
Rolling out the blues bell, darling
Now I gaze the peril, oh

When I come to see you, we get dressed up
And start sniffing all of you
I wanted to be you, but you got messed up
And you never seem to follow it threw with any of it

You can change geographies and topographies
But you′ll always be standing in your own way

Wreck another Jeep for the hell of it
And ride it off for the I.R.S
I'd say it′s not a keeper by the smell of it
Stay focused on the machine living under your dress

My ocean of poison ivy grows and keeps growing
Yes it does

Ah, ah, ah