Tom T. Hall - Shoes And Dress That Alice Wore lyrics

Mhm 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 npot 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... Mhmm mhm