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Here’s one of those songs where the subject of the song is obvious once you’re told it, but many people won’t get it at first because it’s not the sort of thing that lots of pop singers sing about. Alice is a (fictional) heterosexual teenage girl who fell into an extremely profitable career as a le...
[Verse 1]
Raised to be a lady by the golden rule
Alice was the spawn of a public school
With a double barrel name in the back of her brain
And a simple case of "Mummy doesn't love me" blues
[Verse 2]
Reality it seems was just a dream
She couldn't get it on with the boys on the scene
But what do you expect from a chick who's just sixteen?
And hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey), you know what I mean
[Chorus]
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice, they say
Come over and see me
Come over and please me
Alice, it's my turn today
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice, they say
If I give you my number
Will you promise to call me?
Wait till my husband's away
[Verse 3]
Poor little darling with a chip out of her heart
It's like acting in a movie when you got the wrong part
Getting your kicks in another girl's bed
And it was only last Tuesday, oh, they found you in the subway dead
[Verse 4]
And who could you call your friends down in SoHo?
One or two middle-aged dykes in a go-go
But what do you expect from a sixteen year old yo-yo?
And hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey), oh, don’t you know?
[Chorus]
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice, they say
Come over and see me
Come over and please me
Alice, it's my turn today
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice, they'd say
If I give you my number
Will you promise to call me?
Wait till my husband's away
All the Girls Love Alice was written by Bernie Taupin & Elton John.
All the Girls Love Alice was produced by Gus Dudgeon.
Elton John released All the Girls Love Alice on Fri Oct 05 1973.
As drummer Nigel Olsson explained to Modern Drummer:
“After doing ‘All The Girls Love Alice’ from the Yellow Brick Road album, I got a call from Gus Dudgeon, the producer. We had come back from France where we had recorded it, and he was mixing it down in London. I was out at the farm when he calle...