THE COASTERS - POISON IVY

* Poison ivyartist: 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 knowsshe'll get you in dutchnow you can look but you better not touchpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundshe's pretty as a daisy but look out man she's crazyshe'll really do you innow if you let her under your skinpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundmeasles make you bumpyand mumps'll make you lumpyand chicken pox'll make you jump and twitcha common cold'll fool yaand whooping cough'll cool yabut poison ivy, lord'll make you itch!!you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotionyou'll be scratchin' like a houndthe minute you start to mess aroundpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundmeasles make you bumpyand mumps'll make you lumpyand chicken pox'll make you jump and twitcha common cold'll fool yaand whooping cough'll cool yabut poison ivy, lord'll make you itch!!you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotionyou'll be scratchin' like a houndthe minute you start to mess aroundpoison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-ylate at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin'arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oundla da la da la dala da la da la dala da la da la dala da la da la da