some summers in the evening after 6 or so   I walk on down the hill   and maybe buy a beer   I think about my friends   sometimes I wish they lived out here   but they wouldn't dig this town   no, they wouldn't dig this town    try not to think about it,   Alice Childress   try not to think about it   anymore   try not to think about it,   Alice Childress   anymore   no, not anymore, oh       Alice, the world is full of ugly things   that you can't change   pretend it's not that way   it's my idea of faith   you can blow it off   and say there's good in nearly everyone   just give them all a chance   now let's give them all a chance       try not to think about it,   Alice Childress   try not to think about it   anymore   try not to think about it,   Alice Childress   anymore   no, not anymore, oh       no, it didn't work out   no, it didn't work out the way we thought it would   no, it didn't work out   [an arranged marriage is not so good]       thank God it's you   ya know your timing is impeccable   and I'm not fooling you   I don't know what to do   some dude just knocked me cold   and left me on the sidewalk   took everything I had   and everything I had       try not to think about it,   Alice Childress   try not to think about it   anymore   it's getting late where you are,   Alice Childress   anymore   no, not anymore   anymore   no, not anymore