LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE - Smokie / 안동 송사동 소태나무

 

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LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE - Smokie

Sally called when she got the word
And she said I suppose you've heard, 'bout Alice
Well I rushed to the window and I looked outside
And I could hardly believe my eyes,
As a big limousine rode 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 twenty-four years I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty-four years just waitin' 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 grew up together, two kids in the park
Carved out 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

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 just waitin' 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
And she said, I know how to help, get over Alice
She said, Now Alice is gone, but I'm still here
You know I've been waiting for twenty-four years...
And the big limousine disappeared

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 just waitin' 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

가사 출처 : Daum뮤직

 

 

▲ 안동 송사동 소태나무(천연기념물  제174호)

 

-소태나무는 나무 껍질에 쓴맛을 내는 콰시인(quassin)성분을 함유하고 있어 매우 쓰다. 우리말에 ‘소태처럼 쓰다’란 말은 이것을 단적으로 표현한 것이다. 가지와 열매는 소화불량, 위장염 등의 증상에 치료제로도 사용한다.

송사동의 소태나무는 나이가 약 400년이며, 높이 14.6m, 둘레 3.20m(동), 2.28m(서)로 소태나무로는 매우 큰 편이다. 송길초등학교 뒷뜰에서 자라고 있으며, 회화나무·느티나무 및 팽나무 등 10여 그루의 나무와 함께 작은 숲을 이루고 있다.

정확한 유래는 알 수 없으나 근처에 신을 모셔놓은 집인 서낭당이 있고, 여러 그루의 크고, 오래된 나무가 함께 있는 것으로 미루어 보아 마을을 보호하고 지켜주는 숲인 성황림으로 보호되었던 것으로 여겨진다. 지금도 마을 사람들은 매년 음력 1월 15일이면 마을의 안정과 풍년을 기원하는 제사를 지내고 있다고 한다.