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Listen "088 :: I Had My Fingers Crossed :: A Slow Drag with "Nothing Clings Like Ivy""
Episode Synopsis
Today's slow drag is with "Nothing Clings Like Ivy," from "The Delivery Man," released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Nothing Clings Like Ivy": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Nothing_Clings_Like_Ivy "Nothing Clings Like Ivy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bs4Sjma6PI "The Pros and Cons of planting English Ivy in the Landscape": https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/gardening-pros-cons/pros-and-cons-of-planting-english-ivy/ Hollow: https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/appalachianenglish/node/492 "Southern Gothic Literature": https://oxfordre.com/literature/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-304 Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday" https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Nothing Clings Like Ivy" lyrics Nothing clings like Ivy Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark No one quite like Ivy Everyone gets it straight What she believes She won't negotiate All the words of tenderness That never quite got through She says, "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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