In this song, Lemmy is telling how he doesn’t believe in the institution of marriage, and how his parents' incompatible marriage made him bitter towards his father for life.
Over the top
People tell me, they think they know better
Give me sermons about the things I do
Come to love them, even wrote letters
You know I even answered a few
I said
I've been doing poison (Poison)
I guess I poisoned my life
I've got my poison
It's better than marrying my wife
On the road, the pace can get frantic
Especially when you're poisoned out your mind
A flight of stairs is like swimming the Atlantic
When you're poisoned and deaf, dumb and blind, I said
I take my poison (Poison)
I guess I poisoned my life
I wish I was poisoned (Poison)
I wish I'd poisoned my wife
My father, he used to be a preacher
Never taught me nothing but scorn
If I ever catch him on the street again
I'll make him wish he'd never been born
Because
He was poison (Poison)
I know he poisoned my life
Yeah, he was poison (Poison)
I wish my mother wasn't his wife, no
Poison
Poison was written by Eddie Clarke & Phil Taylor & Lemmy.
Poison was produced by Jimmy Miller.