The Tea Party Affair

Verse 1

Six o'clock and the kettle's gone cold

Hatter pacing circles small and tight

Wringing his hands he mutters low

Oh dear me this will never do tonight

Alice sat beside the anxious Rabbit

Nodding along to a tale so tall

The Dormouse dozed beneath the clock

And never heard the hat take its fall

Pre-Chorus

Then the Hare slammed his cup down hard

Hopping mad across the yard

Chorus

The Cheshire Cat stole the hat away

Grinning up in the willow tree

The Cheshire Cat stole the hat away

Now nobody knows where the mind could be

Verse 2

Tweedledum burst through the garden gate

Asking Alice what the ruckus was

Tweedledee bet a long piece of string

The Caterpillar knows just where he was

Hatter said you're right I need it back

Before the Red Queen comes to call

Rabbit hopped off through the tangled woods

And made a wrong turn after all

Pre-Chorus

He asked the Hare had he seen a thing

A smiling cat up a branch in spring

Chorus

The Cheshire Cat stole the hat away

Grinning up in the willow tree

The Cheshire Cat stole the hat away

Now nobody knows where the mind could be

Bridge

Queenie showed up wanting her cup

No tea left in the pot to pour

She screamed and swore she was not amused

Beheaded if she waited any more

Please Queenie since I lost my hat

We don't know where our mind is at

Verse 3

Dormouse woke and rubbed her eyes

Asked what all the hassle was

Alice told the story through

By the end she dozed because

Hatter paced and mumbled still

Searching pots for one more leaf

Then the Red Queen came for tea

And heard the story of his grief

Pre-Chorus

She said nothing should be out of place

If it owns thee you don't own the space

Chorus

The Cheshire Cat stole the hat away

Grinning up in the willow tree

The Cheshire Cat stole the hat away

Now nobody knows where the mind could be

Guitar Solo

Verse 4

Then a float came drifting through the door

Hat and wooden box in paw

Chessy set it back upon his head

Flicked the hairs and bowed in awe

Caterpillar brought a chest of tea

Tweedles hopped and Rabbit cheered

Humpty hung the painted portrait high

And every worry disappeared

Chorus

The Cheshire Cat brought the hat back home

Grinning wide for all to see

The Cheshire Cat brought the hat back home

Huzzah huzzah for the revelry

Post-Chorus

Huzzah huzzah

Huzzah huzzah

Pour the tea for the revelry

Huzzah huzzah