(These lyrics were originally from Andrew Marvick's The Garden.)

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"Under the Ivy"

B-side of Running Up That Hill single
Written by Kate Bush

It wouldn't take me long

To tell you how to find it,

To tell you where we'll meet.

This little girl inside me

Is retreating to her favourite place.

Go into the garden.

Go under the ivy,

Under the leaves,

Away from the party.

Go right to the rose.

Go right to the white rose

(For me.)

I sit here in the thunder,

The green on the grey.

I feel it all around me.

And it's not easy for me

To give away a secret--

It's not safe,

But go into the garden.

Go under the ivy,

Under the leaves,

Away from the party.

Go right to the rose.

Go right to the white rose

(For me.)

It wouldn't take me long

To tell you how to find it.

©1985 Kate Bush Music Ltd.

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