SMOKIE( 3LP) Next Door to Alice, You Think You Know How to Love Me,3. Needles and Pins

LP 1 - Greatest Hits, 1977 LP 2 - Changing All the Time, 22 September 1975 LP 3 - Bright Lights & Back Alleys, 29 September 1977 LYRICS - Living Next Door to Alice : Sally called when she got the word And she said, “I suppose you’ve heard ’bout Alice“ So I rushed to the window and I looked outside And I could hardly believe my eyes As a big limousine rode up into Alice’s drive 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 24 years I’ve been living next door to Alice 24 years just waitin’ 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 We grew up together, two kids in the park Carved out initials deep in the bark, me and Alice Now she walks through the door with her head held high Just for a moment I caught her eye As the big limousine pull