Alice - Jamie Lin Wilson

Alice shot a possum out of her persimmon tree

And she left it in the orchard for all its possum friend to see

Crack shot with a .22 when she was ninety-three

She was only five feet tall but she was twice as wise as me

Oh, Alice, I wish I knew you better

You’re as pretty as a flower, tough as saddle leather

I learned more from you that day than all life’s teachers put together

Oh, Alice, dear friend of mine

Oh, Alice had a pickup truck and one day we were talking

Said that she was all done driving, she was better off a-walkin'

Said «I sent my driver’s license to the local DMV

But the dang fools must be crazy 'cause they sent it back to me

Oh, Alice, I wish I knew you better

You’re as pretty as a flower, tough as saddle leather

I learned more from you that day than all life’s teachers put together

Oh, Alice, dear friend of mine

Alice never had a husband, brother never took a wife

Yeah, they farmed that Brazos River bottomland near all their life

Brother went to heave, Alice covered up his face

Standing by his bedside while she sang «Amazing Grace»

Oh, Alice, I wish I knew you better

You’re as pretty as a flower, tough as saddle leather

I learned more from you that day than all life’s teachers put together

Oh, Alice, dear friend of mine

Oh, Alice, dear friend of mine