Alice In The Looking Glass lyrics

At nine o`clock each morning down on Charlotte Avenue
The bus driver stops and lets her off
Before the first shampoo
Alice started working there when she was just a girl
And now she mans the second chair
At Thelma`s Cut and Curl

A trim is just ten dollars and the conversation`s free
She recreates the latest styles of 1963
With a lipstick-circled cigarette constantly aflame
She greets all her clientele
By first and middle names

And even though that mirror paints a picture much too clear
She`ll mix you up some magic and she`ll dye away the years
And, oh, they come and go so fast
Don`t they, Alice -- Alice in the looking glass

One time she was married, but now she lives alone
But there`s a little ancient poodle
Waiting there for her at home
And she`ll tell you all about him like he was her only child
And rubs her swollen ankles
While she waits for you to dry

There`s a picture on the mirror there of her at seventeen
The day that Thelma did her hair when she was football queen
And, oh, they come and go so fast
Don`t they, Alice -- Alice in the looking glass

Even though that mirror paints a picture much too clear
She`ll mix you up some magic and she`ll dye away the years
And, oh, they keep coming back
Don`t they, Alice -- Alice in the looking glass