Watching Alice

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

From the album: The Abattoir Blues Tour

Track 19 of 45 on The Abattoir Blues Tour (2007).

Duration: 3:49

The Abattoir Blues Tour cover art

Lyrics for Watching Alice

Alice wakes It is morning She is yawning As she walks about the room Her hair falls down her breast She is naked and it is June Standing at the window I wonder if she knows that I can see Watching Alice rise year after year Up in her palace, she's captive there Alice's body Is golden brown Her hair hangs down As she brushes it one hundred times First she pulls her stockings on And then the church bell chimes Alice climbs into her uniform The zippers on the side Watching Alice dressing in her room It's so depressing, it's cruel Watching Alice dressing in her room It's so depressing, it's true

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  22. The "Bring It On" Shoot
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  26. Breathless
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  30. Hiding All Away
  31. Breathless
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  33. Red Right Hand
  34. The Ship Song
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