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Livin' Next Door To Alice Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and originally a hit in the 1970s by the British pop band Smokie, it was redone in the 1990s by a Dublin radio DJ, who added the now-famous question.

Sally called, she got the word, She said I suppose you've heard . . . about Alice. Well I ran to the window, and I looked out outside, And I could hardly believe my eyes, As a big limousine pulled slowly into Alice's drive. Chorus: Oh, I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go, I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know 'Cause for twenty-four years I've been living next door to Alice. Twenty-four years waiting for a chance, To tell her how I feel, maybe get a second glance, Now I gotta get used to living next door to Alice. (Repeat chorus) Walk together, two kids in the park, Carved our initials deep in the bark . . . me and Alice. Now she walks through the door with her head held high, Just for a moment I caught her eye, As the big limousine pulled slowly out of Alice's drive. (Repeat chorus) And Sally called, and asked how I felt. She said, I know how to help . . . get over Alice. She said, Alice is gone, but I'm still here, Y'know I've been waiting for twenty-four years. And the big limousine disappeared . . . Oh, I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go, I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know, 'Cause for twenty-four years I've been living next door to Alice. Twenty-four years, waiting for a chance, To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second chance, But I'll NEVER get used to not living next door to Alice.

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