Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie

Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie


Sally called when she got the word
She said "I suppose you've hear"
"but Alice", Well, I rushed to the window
and I looked outside
Well, I could hardly believe my eyes
as a big limousine rolled up into Alice's drive

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Oh, I don't know why she's leaving or
where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons,
but I just don't wanna know,
cause for twenty four years
I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty four years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance
Now I gotta get used to not living next door to Alice
(No, I'll never get used to not living
next door to Alice)

We grow up together, two kids in park
Caved our initials deep in the park,
me and Alice
Now she walks through the door with her head held high,
Just for a moment I caought her eyes
as a big limousine pulled slow out of Alice's drive

Then Sally called back and asked how I felt
She said "I know how to help get over Alice"
She said, now Alice is gone but I'm still here
You know I've been waiting twenty four years

 

1966년 영국에서 결성된 Smokie 는
1970년대 후반에 발전적인 형태의 사이키델릭 팝으로
영국 차트를 여러 차례 강타하였다.
유럽과 아시아 일대의 30여개 국가의 차트를 석권하게 되면서
이전에 발표한 곡들까지 히트되는 기현상을 낳기도 했다고 한다
크리스 노먼과 다재다능한 맴버들의 연주는 곡의 감칠맛을 더해 주고 있어
많은 올드 팬들의 사랑을 받고 있다