Shoes and Dress That Alice Wore Songtext
von Tom T. Hall

I′m humming as I walk this house and do my daily chores
When I put the broom away, I see the dress that Alice wore
It's hanging in the closet sadly sagging without form
Empty dress there in the closet, held a body soft and warm
Shoes and dress that Alice wore

It′s the dress she wore the night she caught me lying there beside
Some strange woman meaning nothing, just some bones and hair and hide
I could not explain it to her and I cannot to this day
Now I stand here staring at the dress she wore to go away
Shoes and dress that Alice wore


And the shoes are red and shiny and they're modest in the heel
And the dress, a bad investment and the color could be teal
She went screaming from the room where I lay blinking in the nude
With the woman there beside me saying, "Ain't this woman rude"
Shoes and dress that Alice wore

So I asked the undertaker in a private kind of way
Before you close the casket when our friends have gone away
If it′s not too strange to reason, I would make one last request
Since it all goes in the ground, I′d like to have the shoes and dress
Shoes and dress that Alice wore

So I'm humming as I walk this house and do my daily chores
When I put the broom away, I see the dress that Alice wore
It′s hanging in the closet sadly sagging without form
Empty dress there in the closet held a body soft and warm
Shoes and dress that Alice wore