Alice (song)

Alice has been released in two official versions;

• 1982 recording on Alice (single), Alice EP and Some Girls Wander By Mistake
• 1993 rerecording on Under The Gun (single)
  

Words & Music: Andrew Eldritch

Lyrics

Alice pressed against the wall (live versions and the 1993 version have 'She stands pressed...')
So she can see the door
In case the laughing strangers call and
Crush the petals on the floor

Alice in her party dress
She thanks you kindly
So serene
She needs you like she needs her tranqs
To tell her that the world is clean
To promise her a definition
Tell her where the rain will fall
Tell her where the sun shines bright
And tell her she can have it all
Today
Today

Pass the crystal spread the Tarot
In illusion comfort lies
The safest way the straight and narrow
No confusion no surprise

Alice in her party dressed to kill
She the thanks you turns away
She needs you like she needs needs her pills
To tell her that the world's okay
To promise her a definition
Tell her where the rain will fall
Tell her where the sun shines bright
And tell her she can have it all
Today
Today

Alice
Don't give it away

Analysis

(stuff cribbed from HL)