The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Holy Holly,
She don't approve at all
She thinks that she's a pony
Prancing in the front hall
She sleeps with a saddle on
Gets up and rides at dawn
Nobody knows what's wrong
But she can't keep her trousers on
Humpty Mudumpty
She's all better now
She thought that she was somebody else for a while
A house at the North Pole
She went for her daily stroll
Wearin' a wig and a mink stole,
That she's the daughter of rock and roll.
Ivy boy, he couldn't be trusted
Feeling his face was familiar
Tried to be like a monthly haul
Living like a rubber ball
Found himself in Montreal
Ivy couldn't deal at all
She don't approve at all
She thinks that she's a pony
Prancing in the front hall
She sleeps with a saddle on
Gets up and rides at dawn
Nobody knows what's wrong
But she can't keep her trousers on
Humpty Mudumpty
She's all better now
She thought that she was somebody else for a while
A house at the North Pole
She went for her daily stroll
Wearin' a wig and a mink stole,
That she's the daughter of rock and roll.
Ivy boy, he couldn't be trusted
Feeling his face was familiar
Tried to be like a monthly haul
Living like a rubber ball
Found himself in Montreal
Ivy couldn't deal at all
Lyrics submitted by Kenshintoo, edited by hornytheclown
Ivy Boy Lyrics as written by Mark Mulcahy
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
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That last line should be:
"Ivy boy, he couldn't be trusted even his face was an alias Tried to be like Monte Hall Living like a rubber ball Found himself in Montreal Ivy couldn't deal at all"
To me, the song is about a self-righteous woman, who thinks highly of her supposed morals and strong character, while she secretly has many, many affairs, possibly disguising herself in order to do so.
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I've gone through phases with most songs on this album, but i think this song is the best. Every time I listen to it I think about the lyrics and the instrumentation a different way. The last verse is great. It is a bit hard to interpret, but that also makes me think about it differently. Also there's no real chorus, which is pretty cool. Well-structured, well-layered song with great lyrics.
"Ivy boy, he couldn't be trusted feeling his face was familiar Tried to be like a monthly haul Living like a rubber ball Found himself in Montreal Ivy couldn't deal at all"
This is the best part of the song, a great song indeed. My best bet is the first part is the song is about a girl that starts acting out for some reason and starts sleeping around, I don't have a clue about the last part though.
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