Poppy Family - Where Evil Grows (1971)

Click "Show More" for lyrics. This video is from the Kenny Rogers show " Rollin' ", (originally titled "Rollin' on the River") which was aired on Saturday 16 October 1971 (Yes, that's Kenny introducing the Poppy Family). From the largely ignored "Poppy Seeds" album, this song was the follow up to the smash hit "Which Way You Goin', Billy". In the USA this song only charted at #45, in Canada, the group's home territory, it made it all the way up to #6.

Lyrics:

Where Evil Grows (T. Jacks / London Records / Carlin America, Inc)

I like the way you smile at me.
I felt the heat that enveloped me.
And what saw I liked to see.
I never knew...where evil grew.

I should have steered away from you.
My friend told me to keep clear of you.
But something drew me near to you.
I never knew...where evil grew.

Evil grows in the dark
Where the sun, it never shines.
Evil grows in cracks and holes
And lives in people's minds.

Evil grew, it's part of you.
And now it seems to be,
That everytime I look at you
Evil grows...in me.

If I could build a wall around you
I could control the things that you do.
But I couldn't kill the will within you
And it never shows
The place where evil grows.

Evil grows in the dark
Where the sun, it never shines.
Evil grows in cracks and holes
And lives in people's minds.

Evil grew, it's part of you.
And now it seems to be,
That everytime I look at you
Evil grows... in me.