I was destined for greatness
It´s what my mother once told me
But now that i´m older
The future don´t see the way she sees
Whiskey and the blues
Tissues i can´t use
They don´t dry it up
I don´t use ´em no more

Alice oh alice
Where have ya been
There´s light at the window
And it slowly pinches in
Alice oh alice
Time and misery
It moves rather slowly
It´s the only way i see

I was destined for greatness
It´s the way it shoulda been
But now that i´m older
I don´t know what i wound up in

Oh whiskey and the blues
A language i can´t use
It don´t dry it up
No one listens anymore

Alice oh alice
Where have ya been
It´s light at the window
And it slowly pinches in
Alice oh alice
Misery and time
It moves rather slowly
But at least i know it´s mine

Alice oh alice
Where have ya been
It´s light at the window
And it slowly pinches in
Alice oh alice
Misery and time
It moves so slowly
But i know for sure it´s mine