우천제 음악회 영상을 담다가
너무도 내귀에 익숙한곡이 나와 캠코드를 들고
흥얼거리며 따라했던 노래
제목이 생각않나 이틀을 헤매다가 서울 아들에게 SOS
"스모키!""아~그래 스모키..Living next door to alice "

이제 KTX를타고 사정없이 질주하는 노년에 접어든 지금
휜머리칼을 염색해가며 예까지 왔지만 그래도 귀에 들리면
이곡을 놓지못함은 분명 나 혼자만은 아니리라.
젊었던날의 무모한 패기,욕망,그리고 희망들....
이제 모두 놓아버렸지만
다시금 되돌아가봄도 지금의 작은 희망에 보탬이 될까?
7~80년대 비틀즈에 버금가는 인기를 누렸던 그룹 스모키
크리스노만의 허스키하고 호소력 넘치는 목소리
다시한번 들어봅니다.

노래내용은 
서로 이웃해 살면서 유년 시절을 함께 보내고 24년간 속마음울 한번도 내비추지 못하며
짝사랑만 해오던 Alice가 이사 간다는 소식에 하늘이 무너져 내리는 슬픔에 빠진 남자. 
하지만 그 남자를 역시 24년간 짝사랑해 온 Sally...대충 그런 내용입니다.

Sally called when she got the word
She said
"I suppose you've heard about Alice"

Well I rushed to the window
And I looked outside
Well I could hardly believe my eyes
As a big limousine rolled up
into Alice's drive

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 24 years
I've been living next door to Alice

24 years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel
And maybe get a second glance
Now I gotta get used to
not living next door to Alice

We grow up together
Two kids in 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 eyes
As a big limousine pulled
slow out of Alice's drive

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 24 years
I've been living next door to Alice

24 just waiting for a chance
To tell her how I feel
And maybe get a second glance
Now I gotta get used to
not living next door to Alice

Then Sally called back
And asked how I felt, she said
"I know how to help get over Alice"

"Now Alice is gone, but I'm still here.
You know I've been waiting 24 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 24 years
I've been living next door to Alice

"Now Alice is gone, but I'm still here.
You know I've been waiting 24 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 24 years
I've been living next door to Alice

24 just waiting for a chance
To tell her how I feel
And maybe get a second glance
But I'll never get used to
not living next door to Alice
No I'll never get used to
not living next door to Alice