Tom T. Hall – Pay No Attention to Alice (She’s Drunk All the Time)

Tom T. Hall – Pay No Attention To Alice (She’s Drunk All The Time)


“Alice put your ashes in that ash tray, I swear woman, you’re gonna burn down the house” – “Pay No Attention To Alice” by Tom T. Hall. Complete lyrics below. Vocals: Tom T. Hall Words and Music: Tom T. Hall Original Album: For The People In The Last Hard Town (Mercury Records – 1973 Lyrics: Spoken: I went to see an old army buddy of mine to do some drinking 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 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 Don’t talk about the war I was a coward Talk about fishing and all the good times raising 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 and 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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