Auntie Alice

[Verse 1]

Auntie Alice, where are you now?

We rang your number and they called it "disconnected"

In a dream you come sailing out

Of a pool of deep blue water

Auntie Alice keeps spiders in her house

Feeds them earwigs and mosquitoes

Her pink tongue comes darting out

From where her front teeth are missing

[Verse 2]

I went downstairs in the middle of the night

Because I heard her scratching at the door

She fed me chocolates and said she could not sleep

Asked me what the bug light was for

Auntie Alice wears the same dress every day

Butter turns green on her counter

She sings me songs she learned on Christmas eve

Tells me stories about castles

[Bridge]

"The number you have dialed

Is not in service" it said

"Hang up or dial again"

Auntie Alice have you found your palace yet?

[Verse 3]

Auntie Alice, look out for us

Who think we know where we are going

Your picture gathers dust on the fridge

And watches we keep our appointments

Auntie Alice is howling through the woods

Auntie Alice in my dream

Somehow gone from the phone book for good

Life forms around you when you leave