7.

Pay No Attention To Alice

Tom T. Hall

© Hallnote Music, BMI

I went to see an old army buddy of mine to do some drinkin'
And his wife had become an alcoholic
And I wrote a song about it

Pay no attention to Alice
She's drunk all the time
Hooked on that wine bunches of it
And it ruined her mind
Pay no attention to Alice
They say she's a sot sane she is not
But she loves it and it's all she's got

She made that apple pie from a memory
Made them biscuits from a recollection that she had
She cooked that chicken too long but she don't know that
Oh what the hell it ain't too bad

Pay no attention to Alice she's drunk all the time...

Don't talk about the war I was a coward
Talk about fishin' and all the good times raisin' hell
Empty that one down we'll get another
It's gettin' late we might as well

Well we ran your car into a ditch man don't sweat it
I know Ben down at the Shell Station he'll get it out
Alice put your ashes in that ashtray
I swear woman you're gonna burn down the house

Pay no attention to Alice she's drunk all the time

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