Nothing Clings Like Ivy Lyrics - Delivery Man - Elvis Costello

Nothing clings like Ivy 

Frightened by the dark 

Though she cuts deep 

It never leaves a mark 

No one quite like Ivy 

Ever it gets it straight 

What she believes 

She won't negotiate 

All the words of tenderness 

That never quite got through 

She said "You know how young girls are 

From my contempt for you" 

Outside in the hollow 

She may dare herself 

For there may be 

A serpent in the grass 

Nothing clings like Ivy 

Trying to scare herself 

And it may strike 

Or wait for her to pass 

All the words of tenderness 

That she never possessed 

So what's the use of promises 

I had my fingers crossed 

All the words of tenderness 

That never quite got through 

She said "I laughed behind your back 

When I told them to you" 

Nothing clings like Ivy 

Frightened by the dark 

Though she cuts deep 

It never leaves a mark 

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