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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Watching Alice (1988) | Track profile | Dork

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Watching Alice

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Watching Alice

Release date: 19th September 1988

From Tender Prey

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"Watching Alice" is a track by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, from the album Tender Prey, released 19th September 1988. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

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Lyrics

Watching Alice

[Verse 1]

Alice wakes, it is morning

She is yawning as she walks about the room

Her hair rolls down her breast

She is naked and it is June

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

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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Track details

From Tender Prey

1988

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Release year

1988

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Øya Festival has completed its 2026 lineup with Iceage, Melody’s Echo Chamber and Jalen Ngonda

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