Every morning she’d awaken Big scrambled eggs and bacon And she gets Sue and Billy off to school Driving past the same old places And the same old empty faces And all the time she’s feeling like a fool
Back in time to pour his coffee Then he heads for the office She kisses him goodbye outside the door A picture of devotion She’s just going through the motions ‘Cause Alice doesn’t love here anymore
She’s still a mother and a wife But now there’s just no love behind it And she can’t go on pretending anymore But there’s still something missing And she knows she’s got to find it ‘Cause Alice doesn’t love here anymore
She cleans the breakfast dishes And thinks about her wishes The dreams she had when she was just a girl How one day she would marry Have a husband and a family That’s all that seemed to matter in the world
But inside there’s still a hunger And she’s not getting any younger And she feels that there must be something more The feeling’s growing stronger And she can’t fake it any longer ‘Cause Alice doesn’t love here anymore
She thinks about her family And how she’s gonna tell them Would they understand why she just had to go? And when the neighbours ask what happened Would they find it hard to tell them That Alice doesn’t love here anymore?
When tomorrow comes around The circus comes to town And he’s gonna take the children for the day She’ll say it’s now or never She’ll get her things together She’ll dry her eyes and quickly drive away
And when the carnival is over And they all come home together They’ll find this note that she left on the door: “If the phone should ring and someone ask to speak to Alice Just say: Alice doesn’t love here anymore”