Matraca Berg - Alice In The Looking Glass Lyrics
(matraca berg/gary harrison)At nine oclock each morning down on charlotte avenueThe bus driver stops and lets her offBefore the first shampooAlice started working there when she was just a girlAnd now she mans the second chairAt thelmas cut and curlA trim is just ten dollars and the conversations freeShe recreates the latest styles of 1963With a lipstick-circled cigarette constantly aflameShe greets all her clienteleBy first and middle namesAnd even though that mirror paints a picture much too clearShell mix you up some magic and shell dye away the yearsAnd, oh, they come and go so fastDont they, alice -- alice in the looking glassOne time she was married, but now she lives aloneBut theres a little ancient poodleWaiting there for her at homeAnd shell tell you all about him like he was her only childAnd rubs her swollen anklesWhile she waits for you to dryTheres a picture on the mirror there of her at seventeenThe day that thelma did her hair when she was football queenAnd, oh, they come and go so fastDont they, alice -- alice in the looking glassEven though that mirror paints a picture much too clearShell mix you up some magic and shell dye away the yearsAnd, oh, they keep coming backDont they, alice -- alice in the looking glass
