C
	Sally called when she got the word

	F	G	C	G
	And she said I suppose you've heard	- about	Alice

	C
Well I	rushed to the window and I looked outside

	F
	I could hardly believe my eyes

	G	C	G
	As a big limousine rolled up - into	Alice's drive

	C
	I don't know why she's leaving, away she's gonna go

	F
I	guess she's got her reasons but I just don't want to know

	G	C	G
Cause for	twenty four years I've been living next door to	Alice

	C
	Twenty four years waiting for the chance

	F
To	tell her how I feel and maybe get a second chance

	G	F	Em	C	G
Now I've	gotta get used to not	living next	door to	Alice

	C
	Grew up together, two kids in a park

	F	G	C	G
	We carved our initials deep in the bark	- me and	Alice

	C
	Now she walks through the door with her head held high

	F
	Just for a moment I catch her eye

	G	C	G
	The big limousine pulled slowly - out of	Alice's drive

	C
	Sally called back and asked how I felt

	F	G	C	G
	And she said I know how to help	- get over	Alice

	C
	She said now Alice is gone, but I'm still here

	F
	You know I've been waiting for twenty four years

	G	C	G
	And the big limousine disappeared

	G	F	Em	C
Now I've	never get used to not	living next	door to	Alice