Friday 22 February 2013

Call me mad, but can I call you Alice?

I had writen the title as a b-side (all title, no lyrics).
Then I thought, what would those lyrics be if I did write them?
So, if I wrote them out, these would be them.
It turned out to be very Greville and the Tombstones.
It is basically a Mills & Boon romance!
I have grown fond of this short homicidal ballad and have decided I would like to put it on the album, if one was being made.

It is...
Call Me Mad, But Can I Call You Alice?
Call me mad, but can I call you Alice?
It is such a darlin’ name to say
It makes me think of rose red apples
Freshly cut lawn on a late summer’s Day
Alice, Alice – I love the name
Alice, Alice– down by the tumbleweed
Alice, Alice – I am to blame
Call me mad, but can I call you Alice?
It is a name where I gets a thrill
It conjures up thoughts of fire-flies
And of the pretty girl I didn’t mean to kill
Alice, Alice – I love the name
Alice, Alice– down by the tumbleweed
Alice, Alice – I am to blame
Call me mad, but can I call you Alice?
She didn’t look anything of you
Her neck was so pale and so tender
Eyes wide open to everyone, lips full of blue
Alice, Alice – I love the name
Alice, Alice – down by the tumbleweed
Alice, Alice – I am to blame
Call me mad, but can I call you Alice?
Your letter writing is real neat
They found her body on the Wednesday
I gave up to the sheriff to face retribution complete
Alice, Alice – I love the name
Alice, Alice– down by the tumbleweed
Alice, Alice – I am to blame
Call me mad, but can I call you Alice?
Thanks for your regular mail
But I can’t see me ever wedding you
Alice, I ain’t ever getting out this lowly county jail

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