MUSIC FOR SALE

Oh, I don’t know why she left, or why she had to go.
I guess she had her reasons, but I don’t want to know.
'Cause for twenty-four years I’d been living next door to Alice.

The clock ticks slowly on the mantle piece,
Like a metronome marking the days.
Decades have turned my hair to grey
The years have simply flown away.
Time is the thief of stolen dreams
That is the way of life it seems.
I hope that she will return to me
Knowing we were meant to be.

With the passing of the years, I yearned
A past mistake from which I learned.
So long ago I watched her leave
Tears in my eyes and full of grief.

I see my Alice when I close my eyes,
That sweet smile that brightens days.
I remember the way she made me feel
And the way we used to play.
Memories of another life
Still aflame in my teary eyes.

For Twenty-four years I missed my chance
To tell her how I felt hoping to get a second chance.
I've never got used to not living next door to Alice

When Alice went away nothing seemed the same.
The laughter faded as time passed by
Love had left me in a Cadillac
Leaving a hole as big as the open sky
No songs to sing like the good old days
The music vanished into the haze
I hoped for a letter to come to me
But none ever did. It wasn’t to be.

With the passing of the years, I yearned
A past mistake from which I learned.
So long ago I watched her leave
Tears in my eyes and full of grief.

Deep Remorse settles in my heart
My life changed by that moment.

Watching my Alice Drive Away.
Leaving me lonely to this day
Watching my Alice Drive Away.
Leaving me lonely to this day